Reproductive Genetics, Wrongful Life, and Wrongful Birth: A Summary Analysis of “Bill S-201: An Act to Prohibit and Prevent Genetic Discrimination” by Jennifer Ann Rinaldi
Summary:
Rinaldi’s (2009) article provides legal evidence of various cases involved in litigation related to ‘wringful death” and wrongful birth” issues in genetics reproductive rights. This article provides evidence of the negative biases of disability cases that can be harmful by devaluating the life of the disabled individual. A focus on various legal cases, such as R.H. v. Hunter, [1996] and Arndt v. Smith, [1997], that the burden of wrongful life and wringful death inordinately shift the shame of ‘existing” onto the disabled person in the Canadian court of law. A …show more content…
This perspective certainly sheds light on the problem of blame associated with the disabled individual’s on the physician or parents, which tends to infer the burden of the disabled child/infant. Arndt v. Smith (1997) provides an important case in which the mother was not properly informed of a physician’s lack of genetic testing to identify birth defects. In this case, Rinaldi (2009) effectively defines the lack of focus on the infant/child rights, which devalue the disabled individual as a …show more content…
2. In the future, could it be possible to bring a third party counsel for disabled persons to represent their rights in cases involving parents and physicians?
3.Should legal cases involve and ethical and psychological examination of the financial aspects of the evaluation of life, which respect the rights of the disabled individual?
4.Should physicians and the parents have the right to terminate a pregnancy based on their own limited genetic evaluations of life during a
Summary:
Rinaldi’s (2009) article provides legal evidence of various cases involved in litigation related to ‘wringful death” and wrongful birth” issues in genetics reproductive rights. This article provides evidence of the negative biases of disability cases that can be harmful by devaluating the life of the disabled individual. A focus on various legal cases, such as R.H. v. Hunter, [1996] and Arndt v. Smith, [1997], that the burden of wrongful life and wringful death inordinately shift the shame of ‘existing” onto the disabled person in the Canadian court of law. A …show more content…
This perspective certainly sheds light on the problem of blame associated with the disabled individual’s on the physician or parents, which tends to infer the burden of the disabled child/infant. Arndt v. Smith (1997) provides an important case in which the mother was not properly informed of a physician’s lack of genetic testing to identify birth defects. In this case, Rinaldi (2009) effectively defines the lack of focus on the infant/child rights, which devalue the disabled individual as a …show more content…
2. In the future, could it be possible to bring a third party counsel for disabled persons to represent their rights in cases involving parents and physicians?
3.Should legal cases involve and ethical and psychological examination of the financial aspects of the evaluation of life, which respect the rights of the disabled individual?
4.Should physicians and the parents have the right to terminate a pregnancy based on their own limited genetic evaluations of life during a