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<!* {{REFdocument |title=Complaint for Assault and Battery |url=https://improvingbirth.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Kimberly-State-Court-Complaint-2.pdf |contribution= |last=Merin |first=Mark |publisher=Merin Law Office |format=PDF |date=2015-04 |accessdate=2020- 06-20}} {{REF}} -->
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'''Turbin v. Abbassi''' is a 2015 lawsuit that was filed in Los Angeles County, California, USA, by a mother against her former obstetrician. The lawsuit seeks to extend the law of informed consent to procedures that may be performed on a mother during labor and delivery. The plaintiff is Ms. Kimberly Turbin, a California mother. The defendant is Dr. [https://www.healthgrades.com/physician/dr-alex-abbassi-xyjgr Alex Abbassi], an obstetrician in Tarzana, California.<ref name="pressrelease2015">{{Construction SiteREFweb |url=https://improvingbirth.org/2015/06/ |title=CALIFORNIA WOMAN CHARGES DOCTOR WITH ASSAULT & BATTERY FOR FORCED EPISIOTOMY |last=Thompson |first=Dawn |date=2015-06-04 |accessdate=2020-06-20}}</ref> [https://profiles.superlawyers.com/california-northern/sacramento/lawyer/mark-e-merin/cdf0d13f-9223-4f4e-88b4-380a56891b58.html Mark Merin] of Sacramento represents Ms. Turbin.<ref name="pressrelease2015" /> Ms. Turbin alleges that Dr. Abbassi performed an episiotomy without her consent, constituting battery.<ref name="pressrelease2015" />
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* [http://improvingbirth.org/2015/06/preview-woman-charges-ob-with-assault-battery-for-forced-episiotomy/ Woman Charges OB with Assault & Battery for Forced Episiotomy]
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