title: Backdoor eugenics: the troubling implications of certain damages awards in wrongful birth and wrongful life claims.
authors: Jillian T
authors: JT
authors: Stein
mesh_terms: D000025:Abortion, Eugenic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D000029:Abortion, Legal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D002648:Child; D002755:Choice Behavior; D002961:Civil Rights; D035881:Compensation and Redress / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005053:Eugenics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D005820:Genetic Testing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010287:Parent-Child Relations / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011247:Pregnancy; D037841:Pregnant People; D011287:Prejudice; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States; D015974:Wrongful Life