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Mother Indicted in Confrontation with Leesburg Doctor
   posted 6:36 am Tue August 12, 2008 - LEESBURG, Va.
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Prosecutors say an Ashburn woman who blamed her doctor for her son's severe birth defect has been indicted by a Loudoun County (web|news) grand jury on charges she confronted the doctor and his wife with a gun.

Thirty-nine-year-old Michele Davidson is accused of driving to the Leesburg home of her former employer and doctor Chauncey Stokes on May 31, then demanding to speak to him. Witnesses told authorities she threatened to kill herself, but she wanted the family to wait as long as she says she had to for her emergency delivery - ninety minutes.

Davidson's son was born with a form of cerebral palsy. The standoff ended after Stokes' daughter fled to a neighbor's home to call police.

Defense attorney Todd Sanders says Davidson suffered from postpartum depression and only intended to harm herself.


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ABC 7 Talkback: Mother Indicted in Confrontation with Leesburg Doctor
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Okay, so I can understand the whole issue about being upset about your child being born with some problems.  I can also understand postpartum it happens to some women after they have their babies.  But, to say that this was the only reason for her to go to her former doctor's office with a gun because of it is CRAP. More then likely she was put on some sort of drug (mind altering no doubt) and that lead to her getting a gun and driving out there to confront the doctor. The really sad thing about this is that she is going to be locked in a some psychiatric clinic and will be pumped with some more mind altering drugs and will NEVER be the same; she will be locked up and never again be part of society.  This seems to be the answer to all problems these days, everyone is depressed lets give them Prozac that will help. The thing is that it never does.  We have just entered into this vicious circle and will not get out of it till the drugging of the people stops. 

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