Wrongful abortion: a wrong in search of a remedy.
@article{Perry2005WrongfulAA,
title={Wrongful abortion: a wrong in search of a remedy.},
author={Ronen Perry and Y. Adar},
journal={Yale journal of health policy, law, and ethics},
year={2005},
volume={5 2},
pages={
507-86
}
}Wrongful abortion is an abortion that a pregnant woman is induced to undergo by a negligent conduct (usually a medical misrepresentation). For example, early in her pregnancy a woman is told by her physician that a medication that she had taken would cause her baby to be born with a severe birth defect. Based on the expert opinion, she decides to undergo an abortion. Only after the abortion does she learn that the advice regarding the baby's health was a negligent misrepresentation, and that… CONTINUE READING
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