scholarly journals Wrongful Birth: ¿un daño resarcible en el ordenamiento jurídico colombiano?

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha C. Hunter Hernández ◽  
Zully Vega Cerón
Keyword(s):  
Wrongful Life ◽  
Wrongful Birth

El presente artículo pretende resolver la siguiente pregunta de investigación: ¿en casos de nacimientos con enfermedades congénitas que involucran una discapacidad física o mental, inadvertidas oportunamente debido a un error de diagnóstico prenatal, es posible pregonar que respecto de los padres se configura un daño susceptible de reparación en el ordenamiento jurídico colombiano? Para dar respuesta a la cuestión, se hace una revisión de la acción denominada wrongful birth en el derecho comparado y su autonomía frente a otras wrongful actions relacionadas con el ejercicio de la libertad reproductiva y la paternidad responsable (wrongful life, wrongful conception y wrongful adoption), con base en lo cual se emprende el análisis de cada uno de los elementos de la responsabilidad civil en nuestro país en los supuestos de wrongful birth, para concluir su viabilidad en Colombia y presentar un esquema de cómo podría ser la reparación de perjuicios.

Wrongful Birth, Wrongful Life!

1983 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 24-28
Author(s):  
Marc S. Mandell
Keyword(s):  
Wrongful Life ◽  
Wrongful Birth

Preimplantation Genetics

2021 ◽  
pp. 98-109
Author(s):  
Valerie Gutmann Koch
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Testing ◽  
Informed Consent ◽  
Genetic Disease ◽  
Chromosomal Abnormalities ◽  
Preimplantation Genetic Testing ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
Genetic Traits ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Wrongful Life ◽  
Wrongful Birth

This chapter highlights the uses and ethical implications of preimplantation genetic testing and addresses the topic of liability as it applies to use of this technology to screen and select embryos for chromosomal abnormalities and genetic traits prior to implantation. When errors or wrongs occur, there may be significant medical, psychological, and economic implications for those individuals who sought preimplantation testing to avoid a genetic disease or to improve the chance of achieving pregnancy. Informed consent, wrongful birth, and wrongful life claims may be available to those who are harmed due to these errors.

Negligent Beginnings: Damages in Wrongful Conception, Wrongful Birth and Wrongful Life

2006 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph R. Frasca
Keyword(s):  
Wrongful Life ◽  
Wrongful Birth

Abstract No abstract available.

scholarly journals The legal implications of prenatal diagnosis in Malaysia

F1000Research ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 1103
Author(s):  
Chee Ying Kuek
Keyword(s):  
Prenatal Diagnosis ◽  
Medical Practitioner ◽  
Legal Abortion ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
The Public ◽  
Wrongful Life ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Legal Implications ◽  
Wrongful Birth

Background: Prenatal diagnosis enables detection of any disease or disability of the fetus during the pregnancy of a woman. Parents whose fetus is found to have a serious disorder from antenatal testing may terminate the pregnancy if it is permitted by the law or continue with the pregnancy to term. However, the chance of terminating a pregnancy may be denied if there is prenatal negligence by the medical practitioner in terms of diagnosis or failure to advise on the test results correctly. The purpose of this research is to examine the possible legal implications of prenatal diagnosis in Malaysia. Methods: This study adopts doctrinal legal research in which the researcher examines statutes and decided cases in Malaysia, the United Kingdom (UK) and Singapore relating to abortion, wrongful birth and wrongful life claims, in order to determine the legal implications of prenatal diagnosis in Malaysia. Results: In Malaysia, abortion following a prenatal diagnosis is only legally possible if the statutory criteria in the Penal Code are met. Abortion is illegal if it is not done for therapeutic purposes. A wrongful birth action brought by a woman who claims to be deprived of the opportunity to terminate her pregnancy may be successful in Malaysia, if it can be proven that a legal abortion could have been performed if not because of the prenatal negligence of the medical practitioner. However, a wrongful life action brought in the child’s name for being allowed to be born with a disability may not be viable since the claim could hardly be established and it is against the public policy. Conclusions: Theoretically, it is possible to bring a wrongful birth action resulted from negligence in prenatal diagnosis successfully in Malaysia, but the chance is relatively slim for wrongful life action.

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