The Perruche judgment and the "right not to be born".
The French government has given in to public pressure and overturned a controversial legal ruling which recognised the right of a disabled child to seek damages. Most notably, the ruling, widely described as establishing a child's right "not to be born", had provoked "outrage&quo...
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| description | The French government has given in to public pressure and overturned a controversial legal ruling which recognised the right of a disabled child to seek damages. Most notably, the ruling, widely described as establishing a child's right "not to be born", had provoked "outrage" amongst groups defending the rights of the disabled and led to a ban on prenatal scans by French gynaecologists. Once again, only parents will be able to seek damages but some people think the ruling has been misinterpreted. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:ff393db8-e446-4b12-b74f-ea2c05e6be8b2022-03-27T13:43:13ZThe Perruche judgment and the "right not to be born".Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:ff393db8-e446-4b12-b74f-ea2c05e6be8bEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2002Spriggs, MSavulescu, JThe French government has given in to public pressure and overturned a controversial legal ruling which recognised the right of a disabled child to seek damages. Most notably, the ruling, widely described as establishing a child's right "not to be born", had provoked "outrage" amongst groups defending the rights of the disabled and led to a ban on prenatal scans by French gynaecologists. Once again, only parents will be able to seek damages but some people think the ruling has been misinterpreted. |
| spellingShingle | Spriggs, M Savulescu, J The Perruche judgment and the "right not to be born". |
| title | The Perruche judgment and the "right not to be born". |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The Perruche judgment and the "right not to be born". |
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