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The Independent UK
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Kelly Rissman

Woman sues hospital for denying her treatment for debilitating headaches because she’s ‘of childbearing age’

Tara Rule / TikTok screengrab

A 32-year-old woman is suing an upstate New York health system and doctors, alleging that a neurologist refused to provide her treatment because she was of “childbearing age.”

According to the complaint, Tara Rule suffers from cluster headaches, and was seeking treatment from a neurologist at Glens Falls Hospital, which is owned by Albany Med Health Partners.

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