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By Dave Andrusko In a decision that was a first on multiple fronts, an unidentified Irish woman has been given an interim award of approximately $2.l million dollars for the “wrongful birth” of her son. The boy has the same rare genetic condition as his mother and...
By Dave Andrusko In the largest settlement of its kind in British history, the mother of a boy with hemophilia and autism was awarded $12 million for the “wrongful birth” of her son who is now six years old. Mrs. Justice Yip ruled that had Omodele Meadows been given...
Couple says they would have aborted if they knew child would be “disabled” By Dave Andrusko In a 6-1 ruling, the Iowa Supreme Court has overturned the dismissal of a suit that accused a doctor and others of failing to inform Pamela Plowman and her then husband Jeremy...
By Nancy Flanders Kerrie Evans, a woman who was suing for millions of dollars in damages over the successful birth of her daughter, has lost her case. The 12 person jury ruled that nurse Peggy Scanson and OBGYN Dr. William Peters did not violate the standard of care...
By Dave Andrusko On Wednesday a Montana mother delivered her opening statement in a civil trial where she is suing her health care providers for $14.5 million in damages because she says they did not diagnose her daughter’s cystic fibrosis. Kerrie Evans says she would...
By Dave Andrusko An Italian couple, who live in Alessandria, in north-west Italy, is again suing because a hospital “failed” to abort their child, who is now a teenager. Only this time it is the father, rather than the mother. The mother of the unidentified couple had...
By Dave Andrusko Last week, after a seven-week-long trial, a Washington state jury awarded Rhea and Brock Wuth $50 million for the “wrongful birth” of their son, Oliver who suffers from a rare genetic disorder. It is reportedly the largest individual award in...
By Kathy Ostrowski, Legislative Director, Kansans for Life Editor’s note. This is excerpted from an update distributed by Kansans for Life. SB 141, banning sex-selection abortions, was passed favorably out of the Senate Public Health & Welfare committee on...
By Dave Andrusko National Right to Life President and Pro-Life Perspective Host Carol Tobias talks today about a “wrongful birth” lawsuit won by the parents of Kalanit Levy. Ariel and Deborah Levy were awarded $2.9 million. Kalanit, now four years old, has Down...
By Wesley J. Smith There should be no such thing as a “wrongful life” or “wrongful birth.” But lawsuits are filed from time-to-time seeking damages because a baby was born that the parents would have destroyed in the womb “had they only known.” For example, a few...