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Self-Determination with a Price Tag; The Legal and Financial Consequences of Wrongful Conception and Wrongful Birth and the Decision of the Parents to Keep the Child
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Anne Keirse
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November 4, 2010
Abstract
This article considers the application of the duty to mitigate in claims for damages in respect of child-rearing costs consequent on an unplanned pregnancy, and investigates in particular how decisions whether or not to have an abortion or alternatively to give up the child, when born, for adoption may impact upon compensation awards.
Published Online: 2010-11-04
Published in Print: 2010-November
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