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As much as I would like to see abortion providers go out of business for any reason, there are a few complicating factors to this case. The question from a legal standpoint seems to be posed as "Was she disturbed before the abortion or only since it?". In fact, that is not the case at all. The legal concept of "causation" is not the same as the medical concept of "etiology". Causation legally may mean that something substantially contributed to the outcome as opposed to being the sole explanation of it (etiology).

Other questions I would wonder about in this case include: (1) Is the lawsuit itself a manifestation of irresponsibility and an attempt to blame someone for a decision that she doesn't want to take responsibility for?; and, (2) To what extent is she unwittingly using the lawsuit as a way of trying to resolve the symptoms of the trauma that she placed her baby (and herself) through? That is, is this an attempt to apply a "greenback poltice" to her damaged psyche?

I'd always like to see abortion providers sued but this is not a clean cut case.

"Was she disturbed before the abortion or only since it?"

That would be interesting to know in this particular case. I'm not sure that the answer to this question matters in the instances of future abortions.

The providers, most likely, will have to screen for instability.

I wonder if this will have any repercussions in the US? The pro-aborts are always telling us the decision to abort is a stressful one, not an easy one, for most women. I wonder just how stressful they are willing to admit the decision is?