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'I Would Have Had an Abortion' - "Wrongful Life" Claim Rejected by South Carolina Court
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, December 21, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A woman, who says she would have aborted her son had her obstetrician not failed to warn her of his serious handicap, has had her "wrongful life" lawsuit thrown out of the state Supreme Court.
Jennie Willis claimed that, had she known most of her son's brain was missing, she would have aborted him. The high court decided unanimously against Willis.
"Even a jury collectively imbued with the wisdom of Solomon would be unable to weigh the fact of being born with a defective condition against the fact of not being born at all," Associate Justice E.C. Burnett wrote in the unanimous decision, as reported by the AP. "It is simply beyond the human experience."
South Carolina is one of 27 states that does not recognize the "wrongful life" claim. California, Washington and New Jersey are the only states that allow the claim.
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