The wrongful birth tort: a policy analysis and the right to sue for an inconvenient child.

تحلیل ضمان قهری مشاور ژنتیک در رابطه با خطای تشخیص قبل از تولد

Genetic technology in the field of medical science has been one of the great revolutions which it is in progress in molecular and cellular biology and the human genome project. The progress in genetic testing gives people the authority to prevent that certain diseases and also prevent the birth of children with rare genetic disorders. With the advancement of the science, genetic counselors are ...

Fitting a square peg in a round hole: why traditional tort principles do not apply to wrongful birth actions.

Libertarianism and Circumcision

Despite the millenniums-old tradition in Abrahamic circles of removing the foreskin of a penis at birth, the involuntary and aggressive practice of circumcision must not be made an exception to the natural, negative right to self-ownership—a birthright which should prevent a parent from physically harming a child from the moment of birth going forward. This paper will present a natural rights a...

Domestic Relations—Right of Child to Sue Parents for an Intentional Tort

It’s a Wonderful Life

“It’s a Wonderful Life,” the title of Frank Capra’s classic 1946 movie, seems to encapsulate a fundamental all-American conviction. Unsurprisingly, several courts and jurists have applied the movie-title maxim as the ultimate retort to one of the most intriguing questions in modern tort discourse: Is it possible to say that a severely disabled child has been harmed by the mere fact of being bor...