Wrongful Life, Wrongful Birth, and Justice in Tort Law

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Should those who undertake to aid couples in preventing the birth of a child by contraception or abortion be liable in tort for damages when something goes wrong and an "unwanted" child is born?

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Parent and child, Physicians and surgeons, Torts

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Patrick J. Kelley (Southern Illinois University School of Law)

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