The troubled pregnancy : legal wrongs and rights in reproduction / J. K. Mason.
2007
Items
Details
Title
The troubled pregnancy : legal wrongs and rights in reproduction / J. K. Mason.
Imprint
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Description
1 online resource (xxvii, 317 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series
Cambridge law, medicine, and ethics ; 5.
Formatted Contents Note
The nature of the troubled pregnancy
Voluntary and involuntary termination of pregnancy
Antenatal care and the action for wrongful birth
Unsuccessful sterilisation
Uncovenanted pregnancy and disability
Wrongful neonatal life
The management of the disabled neonate
Conclusion.
Voluntary and involuntary termination of pregnancy
Antenatal care and the action for wrongful birth
Unsuccessful sterilisation
Uncovenanted pregnancy and disability
Wrongful neonatal life
The management of the disabled neonate
Conclusion.
Summary
Mason looks at the legal response to those aspects of the troubled pregnancy which require or involve medico-legal intervention. The unwanted pregnancy is considered particularly in the light of the Abortion Act 1967, s.1(1)(d) and the related action for so-called wrongful birth due to faulty ante-natal care. The unexpected or uncovenanted birth of a healthy child resulting from failed sterilisation is approached through an analysis of the seminal case of McFarlane and associated cases involving disability in either the neonate or the mother. The disabled neonate's right to sue for its diminished life is discussed and the legal approach to the management of severe congenital disease is analysed - thus following Baroness Hale in believing that care of the newborn is an integral part of pregnancy. Aspects are considered from historical and comparative perspectives, including coverage of experience in the USA, the Commonwealth and Europe.
Note
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Location
WWW
Available in Other Form
Print version:
Linked Resources
Alternate Title
Cambridge Core.
Language
English
ISBN
9780511495366 ebook
9780521850759 (hardback)
9780521616249 (paperback)
9780521850759 (hardback)
9780521616249 (paperback)
Record Appears in