wrongful-birth action

wrongful-birth action definition - legal

n

A legal suit brought by parents against a doctor who failed to inform them of the risks of having a child with prospective birth defects. See also wrongful-life action.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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