title: Wrongful life claims: dignity, disability and "a line in the sand".
abstract: A recent High Court decision held that children born with disabilities not caused by medical intervention, but not diagnosed antenatally, could not claim general damages for their pain and suffering, nor special damages for the needs created by their disabilities and their loss of earning capacity.
authors.affiliation: Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet), Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia. warwick.neville@anu.edu.au
authors.forename: Warwick J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Neville
authors.forename: Buddhima
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lokuge
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D015974:Wrongful Life