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19 Temp. Envtl. L. & Tech. J. 173 (2000-2001)
Scientific Advancements: Will Technology Make the Unpopular Wrongful Birth/Life Causes of Action Extinct

handle is hein.journals/tempnlt19 and id is 179 raw text is: SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENTS: WILL TECHNOLOGY MAKE THE UNPOPULAR WRONGFUL BIRTH/LIFE CAUSES OF ACTION EXTINCT? Thomas A. Warnock I. INTRODUCTION This comment will discuss the impact of technology on wrongful birth and wrongful life causes of action. In this paper the term technology refers to technological advancements in the health-care field rather than the computer industry. More specifically, this comment will discuss how scientific advancements that will allow physicians to detect and treat defects in unborn fetuses and embryos will affect wrongful birth and wrongful life causes of action in the federal and state courts of the Third Circuit. Today, there are extremely rapid scientific advancements' in the field of genetic engineering and fetal surgery! If these advancements get to the point 1Maha F. Munayyer, Note and Comment, Genetic Testing and Germ-Line Manipulation: Constructing a New Language for International Human Rights, 12 AM. U. J. INT'L. L. & POL'Y 687, 688 (1997). 2 Until about two years ago, doctors would operate on an unborn fetus only in the direst of circumstances. But in 1997, physicians at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville Tennessee, successfully performed the first fetal surgery for a nonlethal disorder called spina bifida, ushering in an era where surgery for many types of fetal surgeries for many types of fetal abnormalities will likely become common place. [...] out of 48 surgeries so far performed at Vanderbilt, 46 babies were born with out complications.

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