Legal Dictionary
Main Entry:
wrongful preg·nan·cyFunction:
noun : a malpractice claim brought by the parents of a healthy but unwanted child usually against a physician or health-care provider for alleged negligence in performing a sterilization or abortion procedure and sometimes against a pharmacist or pharmaceutical manufacturer of contraceptives;
also : the pregnancy or injury at issue in such a claim
wrongful pregnancy> called also wrongful conception
NOTE: A majority of courts faced with the issue have disallowed damages for child-rearing expenses in wrongful pregnancy cases. It is more common to recover for medical expenses, pain and suffering, lost wages, or loss of consortium from pregnancy and childbirth.
