title: Lynch v. Bay Ridge Obstetrical and Gynecological Associates, 27 October 1988.
abstract: The Court of Appeals of New York allowed a medical malpractice action for physical and emotional injuries suffered by the plaintiff as a result of a physician's erroneous advice that she was not pregnant.  The plaintiff alleged that the advice led her to ingest a drug that had a harmful effect on her fetus and forced her either to risk having a congenitally defective child or, as she ultimately decided, to undergo an abortion, against her personal, moral, and religious convictions.  The Court distinguished this action from an action for recovery for emotional distress resulting from injuries inflicted on a fetus, which is not recognized in New York.
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000569:Americas; D001519:Behavior; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities; D009358:Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; D019049:Developed Countries; D003933:Diagnosis; D004194:Disease; D005193:Family Planning Services; D007603:Jurisprudence; D009518:New York; D009656:North America; D011258:Pregnancy Tests; D011584:Psychology; D014481:United States
keywords: Abortion, Induced; Americas; Behavior; Congenital Abnormalities; Court Decision; Developed Countries; Diseases; Examinations And Diagnoses; Family Planning; Fertility Control, Postconception; Laboratory Examinations And Diagnoses; Laboratory Procedures; Medical Liability; Neonatal Diseases And Abnormalities; New York; North America; Northern America; Pregnancy Tests; Psychological Factors; Stress; United States