Click on the link to read my article, “Wrongful Birth: An Ironic Name for a Cause of Action in the Law of Medical Malpractice,” The Advocates’ Quarterly Vol. 22, 1999, reprinted by On Examination, Medico-Legal Society of Toronto, Vol. 8, No. 2, 1999, 22AdvocQ102. I have been proven wrong through subsequent case law, but I think the judicial treatment has skirted around the real moral question: when can the birth of a disabled child be considered an actionable wrong?
an open mind : about law & ethics
