Wrongful birth, wrongful conception, and the Irish Constitution.

Wrongful birth and wrongful conception: a parent's need for a cause of action.

When life is an injury: an economic approach to wrongful life lawsuits.

Can life be an injury? Jurists, theologians, and philosophers have spilled much ink over this question. Wrongful birth and wrongful life lawsuits are frequently debated in courts and academic circles. In broad overview, wrongful birth lawsuits are prenatal negligence suits brought by the parents of a deformed or retarded child against a doctor who negligently failed to diagnose or inform the pa...

The Dialectics of Wrongful Life and Wrongful Birth Claims in Israel: a Disability Critique

This article examines the dialectics of wrongful life and wrongful birth claims in Israel from 1986 until 2012. In May 2012 Israeli Supreme Court declared that while wrongful birth claims were still permitted, wrongful life claims were no longer accepted in a court of law. The article examines the conditions that allowed for and supported the expansion of wrongful life/birth claims until 2012. ...

Wrongful life, wrongful birth, wrongful death, and the right to refuse treatment: can reasonable jurisdictions recognize all but one?

Wrongful life and wrongful birth: new concepts for the pediatrician.

Over the past two decades, numerous suits for damages have been brought against physicians for the injury of wrongful life, or wrongful birth. Within the past 5 years, several precedents have been set that broaden the physician's legal obligation to recognize and act upon foreseeable or potentially recurrent genetic, teratogenic, or chromosomal disorders. These precedents may be expected to aff...