WRONGFUL-LIFE ACTION

wrongful-life action.A lawsuit brought by or on behalf of a child with birth defects, alleging that but for the doctor-defendant’s negligent advice, the parents would not have conceived the child or, if they had, would have aborted the fetus to avoid the pain and suffering resulting from the child’s congenital defects. • Most jurisdictions reject these claims. [Cases: Health  687.]
[Blacks Law 8th]