{"id":216344,"date":"2020-01-10T12:34:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T18:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=216344"},"modified":"2020-01-09T22:17:46","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T04:17:46","slug":"couple-wrongful-birth-daughter-down-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/couple-wrongful-birth-daughter-down-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple wins wrongful birth settlement after daughter is born with Down syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A California couple has successfully settled with the medical groups and physicians responsible for their obstetrical care after their daughter was born with Down syndrome. They claim they should have received a diagnosis prenatally, so they could have had an abortion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Recently released court papers showed the parents — who have not been named in the media — had sued Axminster Medical Group Inc., Westchester Advanced Imaging Medical Group Inc. and Drs. Glenn P. Wedeen, Christopher Meilleur, and Mia J. Sanders Madati in 2015. Just a day before the trial was scheduled to begin, however, papers were filed indicating a settlement was reached. The terms of the settlement were not clear, but the couple had originally been asking for $80 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The parents claim the mother underwent a second trimester ultrasound. While it is not clear if she ever asked for prenatal testing or if there were any soft markers seen on the ultrasound, the parents felt that they should have received a prenatal diagnosis so they could have aborted their daughter. Their daughter, born in 2014, was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect after birth, which was corrected through surgery.<\/p>\n

Wrongful birth lawsuits are a concerning new trend for parents who fail to receive a prenatal diagnosis of a disability, and they’re happening across the globe. Though prenatal testing is a tool that can be extremely beneficial to those who choose life<\/a>, and provide the preborn child with the health care they need even while still in the womb, it is also often hijacked by many and used as a tool to weed out children that some people see as unworthy of life.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Her twin girls had Down syndrome, so doctors urged her to abort six times.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

What makes these cases even worse is that an abortion after a prenatal diagnosis often takes place in the second trimester, meaning the preborn child will be put through a violent, painful abortion procedure in which they are literally ripped apart, limb from torso. And it takes place when the child can almost certainly feel pain<\/a>.<\/p>\n