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'Wrongful conception', 'wrongful birth' and 'wrongful life': the first South African cases
1University of South Africa.
Abstract:
Internationally case law has developed in regard to actions which in due course were given the following labels. "Wrongful pregnancy" or "wrongful conception" for cases where a healthy but unwanted child is born, following negligent contraceptive advice by a doctor or a negligent sterilization or abortion procedure, and the parents claim damages; "wrongful birth" where such a claim is brought by the parents of an abnormal or disabled child; "wrongful life" where a claim is brought by or on behalf of the abnormal or disabled child itself. The first judgments in South Africa were handed down during the past seven years and are discussed in this article.
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