3/30/12: Wrong Death Lawsuit Succeeds

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An Oregon couple has won a jury award of 2.9 million dollars in a wrongful birth lawsuit involving a child with Down Syndrome. Ariel and Deborah Levy claimed that they would have aborted their daughter had they known she would have Down Syndrome.

Melinda Delahoyde, President of the CareNet, said “As the proud mother of a son who shares the diagnosis of the child who became the subject of this trial, I pray that these parents will come to know their daughter, not as a medical mistake but as the perfect addition to their family that she is.” Delahoyde also called wrongful birth “ a contradiction in terms” adding “What is truly ‘wrongful’ is that nearly 90 percent of all babies diagnosed with Down Syndrome are quietly aborted before they are born.”