This article reviews the law of wrongful birth and wrongful life claims and considers how the performance of antenatal counselling of parents whose fetus is diagnosed with a neurological anomaly may give rise to a medical negligence claim. Wrongful birth is a term used to describe a claim for damages arising from the birth of a child who would not have been born but for the negligence of a medical professional. It is the claim of the child’s parents, not the child …
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Caron Heyes, ‘Wrongful birth: a review of the issues arising in wrongful birth claims, and a consideration of the role of antenatal counselling’ [2025] Journal of Personal Injury Litigation (3) 158-164.
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