A critique of the Law Commission report on injuries to unborn children and the proposed Congenital Disabilities (Civil Liability) Bill

J Med Ethics. 1975 Sep;1(3):116-21. doi: 10.1136/jme.1.3.116.

Abstract

The authors are members of the British Association Committee on Social Concern and Biological Advances. Following earlier discussions of legal and social problems arising from certain medical advances, they undertook, independently, to examine the Law Commission's study.

MeSH terms

  • Civil Rights
  • Compensation and Redress*
  • Congenital Abnormalities* / etiology
  • Female
  • Fertilization
  • Fetal Diseases* / complications
  • Fetal Diseases* / etiology
  • Fetus
  • Health Occupations
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Jurisprudence*
  • Legislation, Medical
  • Liability, Legal
  • Male
  • Parents
  • Pregnancy
  • Time Factors
  • United Kingdom