Abstract
The claim for wrongful pregnancy admittedly involves a "sensitive and difficult field of the law,""' one to which an "answer is not easy nor completely satisfactory" to all. The term "wrongful pregnancy" may be provocative to some who believe that a pregnancy should never be characterized in a negative manner. Yet, the claim is meant to remedy the plaintiffs' conscious and affirmative choice to not have a child. The pregnancy is wrongful not because the child once conceived or born is unwanted, but because of the interference with the plaintiffs' right to choice and to plan their family. The needs of the family and of the newborn child become paramount in this consideration. Children bring expenses that cannot be ignored.
Recommended Citation
Mogill, Michael A.
(1996)
"Misconceptions of the Law.
Providing Full Recovery for
the Birth of the Unplanned Child,"
Utah Law Review: Vol. 1996:
No.
3, Article 2.
Available at:
https://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol1996/iss3/2