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The Austrian Supreme Court ruled that a little girl should not have been born, and that the cost of raising her should be borne by the doctor who failed to identify her imperfections in time to facilitate her feticide.

July 12, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — A mother in the U.K. is suing England’s National Health Service (NHS) for more than £200,000 ($249,000 U.S.) for “wrongful birth,” alleging that health care workers did not conduct tests that would have revealed her unborn son’s Down syndrome. Edyta Mordel told London’s High Court that had she known he would be born with Down’s, she would have aborted her child, now four-year-old Aleksander, the Daily Mail reports. Mordel, 33, says she requested the tests during her pregnancy and was devastated when her baby was diagnosed with Down’s after birth. The case is legally classified...

She did her best to wait until December for the Christmas tree to go up. At four years old, the excitement for little Niamh Kelly-Ince is building daily. Will Santa bring her the Princess Elsa ice skates she desperately wants? Will Mummy remember to get carrots for the reindeer? And will someone please open the chocolate selection box? Her mother Katie watches her little girl, twirling in her favourite party frock, with love and pride. Is there anything more magical than seeing Christmas through the eyes of your beloved child? Scroll down for video Anyone watching this scene, especially parents...

Lesbian Couple Sue IVF Doctor for Cost of Raising Twin Couple wanted only one child and find they are "overwhelmed" raising two children By Meg Jalsevac AUSTRALIA, September 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A lesbian couple in Australia have taken the first 'wrongful birth' lawsuit in Australian legislative history to court. The two women, who have three year old twin daughters, are suing Canberra obstetrician, Robert Armellin, for 'wrongful birth' after he supervised the implantation of two embryos instead of one into the birth mother during the in-vitro fertilization procedure. The women, who cannot be named because of a court order,...

Tallahassee, FL (LifeNews.com) -- Florida pro-life advocates are condemning a recent Florida court case which saw a couple receive $23.5 million for the so-called "wrongful birth" of their child. Daniel and Amara Estrada received the award after a court found their physician should have warned them their baby could have physical disabilities. The Estradas had given birth to their first child, Aiden, who was born with Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome. Children afflicted with the condition have small heads, webbed toes, are unable to communicate and require feeding tubes to receive food and water. A Tampa jury awarded the couple money to raise...

Couple Receives over $21 Million Dollars for "Wrongful Birth" of Handicapped Son Florida Right to Life says, "now we're holding doctors responsible to deliver a perfect baby" By Elizabeth O'Brien TAMPA, Florida, July 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A judge has awarded over $21 million dollars to a couple for the "wrongful birth" of their second handicapped son. The couple would have aborted the child if they had known about his disability, the Tampa Bay Tribune reports. Daniel and Amara Estrada have two sons who are both physically handicapped with the same genetic disorder, Smith-Lemli-Opitz, which does not allow them to...

In what is being called a "wrongful birth" case, a jury awarded more than $21 million to a couple who claimed a doctor misdiagnosed a severe birth defect in their son, leading them to have a second child with similar problems. But because the doctor works for the University of South Florida, the family will have to persuade the Legislature to award most of the money. State law limits negligence claims against government agencies at $200,000. Daniel and Amara Estrada, whose two young sons aren't able to communicate and need constant care, sought at least enough money to care for...

STRASBOURG, June 19, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Polish government announced Tuesday that it will appeal the landmark ruling by the European Human Rights Court of "wrongful birth" made last March. The European Court of Human Rights ordered Poland to pay €25,000 in compensation for "wrongful birth" after ruling in favour of Alicja Tysiac, a 34 year mother of three who wished to abort her third child in 2003. Tysiac claimed her gynecologist destroyed her referral to an abortion clinic, denying that her health was in danger. At the time of her pregnancy, Tysiac had an eye condition that doctors warned...

PERTH, Scotland – A Scottish woman may appeal after losing a suit against Britain’s National Health Service for compensation after the NHS failed to kill both her twin daughters in the womb. Stacey Dow, the mother of now five year-old surviving twin Jayde, demanded $250,000 from the public health service for support for Jayde, the daughter she never intended to raise. The case was a first of this kind for Britain, commonly called “wrongful life” or “wrongful birth” suits. She said after being informed of the court’s decision that she would be consulting with her lawyers for the next step....

A mother seeking damages from a health authority has claimed doctors breached a "warranty" by failing to abort one of her twins. Stacy Dow, 21, is claiming £250,000 compensation to cover the cost of raising the one child which survived the failed attempt to abort twins. A court heard doctors effectively give a warranty that the abortion, at Perth Royal Infirmary, would work. NHS Tayside denied liability in the case at Perth Sheriff Court. Miss Dow was told that she would be having an abortion and would no longer be pregnant, the court was told. 'Breach of contract' Her lawyer...

PERTH- A Scottish court has set a date for the case of a woman seeking damages from her abortionist for failing to kill both of her twin daughters. Stacy Dow is suing the Perth Royal Infirmary after the hospital sent her home still pregnant with the surviving child, Jayde, now four. “I have got a child now that I wasn't planning to have and I believe the hospital should take some responsibility for that,” Dow told a London newspaper in April. Perth Sheriff Court set has set March 2006 as the date for the case in which Dow is seeking...

PERTH, December 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A Scottish court has set a date for the case of a woman seeking damages from her abortionist for failing to kill both of her twin daughters. Stacy Dow is suing the Perth Royal Infirmary after the hospital sent her home still pregnant with the surviving child, Jayde, now four. “I have got a child now that I wasn't planning to have and I believe the hospital should take some responsibility for that,” Dow told a London newspaper in April. Perth Sheriff Court set has set March 2006 as the date for the case...

Amelia Loveless tried to abort her twin babies in 1999. The procedure failed and she sued the hospital. Now she has been awarded $45,000 in damages by a Quebec court, after a Montreal hospital left her still pregnant. The woman underwent an abortion procedure at St. Luc's hospital in March 1999. She gave birth to the babies later that year. Quebec Superior Court Justice Rex Solomon ruled in the woman's favor, even though the hospital had made efforts to contact her. However, in order to claim the award she must turn over the children, now six years old, to be...

PERTH, United Kingdom, March 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A young woman who gave birth to a daughter, after a failed abortion left one of her twins still alive, is suing for damages against the hospital that carried out the procedure. Stacy Dow, 21 years old, discovered she was pregnant with twins when she was 16, reported the BBC yesterday. She decided to abort her babies. Following the abortion she was given a contraceptive injection and told to expect weight gain and irregular menstruation as side effects. When she went to her doctor months later, she found one child had survived...

Note: This commentary was delivered by Prison Fellowship President Mark Earley. There’s nothing parents dread more than their doctor telling them that there’s something wrong with their child. In an instant, all of their hopes and dreams vanish, for themselves and their child, and are replaced with a numb, empty feeling. It’s a feeling that some here at “BreakPoint” are personally acquainted with, which is why we empathize with any parent in this situation. But the price of our consolation can never be the sanctity of life itself. And that’s what is happening in places like Orangeburg, New York. The...

A bill banning wrongful-birth lawsuits and another measure allowing judges to send violent sex offenders into mental institutions when their prison terms are up both passed the Ohio House yesterday. Ten days after the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that parents of children with birth defects can sue doctors for failing to identify the abnormalities during pregnancy, the House approved a bill that would ban such lawsuits. The bill now goes to Gov. Bob Taft, who is expected to sign it. The premise of wrongful-birth lawsuits is that parents would have terminated the pregnancies had they been given accurate information about...

Ohio justices rule parents can sue for fetal test error COLUMBUS, Ohio – Parents can sue a doctor if a genetic screening misses a severe or fatal condition that would have caused them to seek an abortion, a divided state Supreme Court ruled Friday. The 4-3 decision limited such lawsuits to costs associated with a pregnancy and birth, saying such parents could not sue for pain-and-suffering damages or repayment of the costs of raising a disabled child. The decision was a partial victory for a Kentucky couple who sued a Cincinnati obstetrics practice and hospital that provided genetic counseling and...

Woman sues for being born(Filed: 11/11/2005) An Australian woman who is deaf, blind and physically and mentally disabled wants to sue the doctor who allowed her to be born.Lawyers for Alexia Harriton, 24, who needs round-the-clock care, made the application yesterday to the Australian High Court, arguing that her mother's doctor was negligent in failing to diagnose rubella infection early in the pregnancy.Lawyers said that if her mother, Olga Harriton, had known of the extent of the disabilities, she would have had an abortion. "We are here for Alexia, for justice," Mrs Harriton said. "That's all it is."

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch High Court awarded damages on Friday to a severely handicapped 11-year-old girl because medics would not test for a genetic defect before her birth, despite her mother's request. Court documents show the ruling in the "Baby Kelly" case makes the Netherlands the second European country after France to award compensation in a so-called wrongful life case. The documents say the mother had asked doctors to examine the fetus because of serious genetic defects present in the father's side of the family, which, if detected, would have prompted the mother to abort the baby. She had...

James Watson would have aborted his son if a genetic test had been available at the time warning that his child would be born with severe epilepsy. Declaring "I'm not a sadist", the man who co-discovered DNA said that parents, especially mothers, should have a right of genetic veto over the make-up of their child. "Any time you can prevent a seriously sick child from being born, it is good for everyone," Dr Watson told The Sunday Age. "Most mothers wouldn't want to have dwarfs." Dr Watson's views are based on a fierce libertarianism and personal experience. One of his...