The man’s lawyer told reporters after the hearing that the family feel the true culprit is the province’s under-resourced health system that abandoned them and failed to provide proper care.
Quebec wants to improve access to abortion services as part of a new plan to counter what the government describes as an erosion of women’s rights around the world.
The city has been examining the issue for a while, but mayors of the affected suburbs say they only learned of the potential for a change relatively recently.
Prosecutors said that evidence presented at trial showed that numerous patients at Surgicare North Dallas suffered cardiac emergencies during routine medical procedures.