Wrongful Birth

A jury has awarded a Florida couple $21 million after a doctor failed to diagnose a severe disability in their son.

The couple says if they knew their second son would have been born with the same birth defect as their first, they would have terminated the pregnancy. Wrongful birth cases are on the rise.

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