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A doctor fails to detect or disclose a debilitating birth defect in time to permit an abortion. Under what tort can the child sue?

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The answer is wrongful life
User MisterniceGuy
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That would be called Wrongful Life.

This is when someone, like a doctor, is sued by the disabled child and parent for not carrying out an abortion.
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