Perrone v. Coll, et al.

We represent Harmonie Perrone, a 28 year-old suburban Chicago woman, who lost her fertility after she was twice denied treatment for a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy at a local hospital and an OB/GYN office. As a result of her lack of care, Ms. Perrone and her husband will now be forced to undergo expensive IVF treatment to build the family they have long planned.

When Ms. Perrone became pregnant in 2025, she was attentive to her condition because of her history of two ectopic pregnancies—one of which ruptured, resulting in the loss of her right fallopian tube. After a few days, Ms. Perrone noticed some light vaginal bleeding, along with cramping and pain in her shoulder. These were exactly the symptoms Ms. Perrone had experienced during her prior ectopic pregnancies. She and her husband went to the emergency room at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital. Ms. Perrone told the ER staff about her history with ectopic pregnancy, and her test results indicated she was likely experiencing another ectopic pregnancy in her remaining fallopian tube. Rather than treat her, however, hospital staff scheduled a follow-up appointment the next day with an OB/GYN who they described as a “specialist.”

The following morning, Ms. Perrone went to the OB/GYN’s office. The OB/GYN refused to terminate Ms. Perrone’s ectopic pregnancy by administering methotrexate, which Ms. Perrone knew from her own experience was standard treatment for this emergency medical condition.

After desperately seeking treatment at two other religiously-affiliated health care facilities, Ms. Perrone and her husband finally found a hospital more than 30 minutes from their home that was willing to treat her. After the OB/GYN administered the injection of methotrexate, Ms. Perrone tearfully thanked her for saving her life.

A few days later, Ms. Perrone felt a sudden burst of pain that left her unable to stand. She returned to the hospital that had treated her, and the OB/GYN explained her options. Ms. Perrone weighed the risks and benefits and decided her best course of action was a surgical procedure in which the physician would try to remove the ectopic pregnancy but leave her fallopian tube intact.

During surgery, the OB/GYN discovered an ectopic pregnancy in her remaining fallopian tube. Because blood was already pooling in her pelvis—a sign of rupture—the physician was forced to remove Ms. Perrone’s fallopian tube, and with it her natural fertility.

We are joined by lawyers for Amplify Legal, the litigation arm of Abortion in America, and Kaveny Sarmas Injury Lawyers in challenging the denial of treatment by Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital and its affiliated OB/GYN and medical office.