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My question really would be the justification for suing for "wrongful birth". Like I'm 32. I'm healthy. No family history of diseases that would require an amnio. Since I'm not 35+, I'm not required to get an amnio. So for me all I would have is the ultrasounds. Now, I'm not a medical professional, but it seems that there are some "birth defects" that a plain old 2-d ultrasound isn't going to show.
So if I had a child, let's say next year, and my child was born with down's, for me it's legally how could I even sue. I'm not at the age that an amnio is required, that is the only way to detect DS, so therefore my doctor didn't know. What justification would I have to sue him/her?
Like others have said, I see this as a pandora's box. Let's abort the children who aren't "perfect" (a la Hitler). To me it seems incredibly selfish of the parents and even the child. The parents are saying "I would have aborted my child, but now I'm stuck with them", what the hell does that say to the kid! It says "You're not wanted!!!!" Then the person suing for wrongful life, that is just an oxymoron in its self.
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