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Two fundamental problems with wrongful-birth suits

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Published June 20, 2014 4:02pm ET
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Two fundamental problems with wrongful-birth suits
In a wrongful birth suit, the claim arises from some disability the child has, and the parents blame their physician(s) for not alerting them to some test or test results that could have revealed the disability. (iStock Photo) | Picasa 2.0

Mississippi Republican Rep. Steven Palazzo is proposing a bill to prohibit the disturbing phenomena of “wrongful birth” and “wrongful life” suits.

In a wrongful birth suit, the parents claim that they were injured by the birth of their child; in particular, they wish they could have aborted their baby.

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