Court Rules Parents Can File Wrongful Birth Lawsuit Saying They Wish Their Child Was Never Born

Court Rules Parents Can File Wrongful Birth Lawsuit Saying They Wish Their Child Was Never Born

Iowa parents who say they would have aborted their unborn son if they had known he had cerebral palsy may sue their doctors, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday. Radio Iowa reports Pamela Plowman and her ex-husband Jeremy Plowman filed wrongful birth lawsuits after they said their doctors did not inform them of the abnormalities that showed up on an ultrasound of their unborn son.

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