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Couple sues Legacy Health for 'wrongful birth' after child born with Down syndrome

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mandym

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On the June 2007 day their daughter was born, Ariel and Deborah Levy were overcome with excitement, then shock when hospital staff told them their daughter looked like she had Down syndrome.

A doctor asked Deborah Levy if she'd had a prenatal test -- a chorionic villus sampling, or CVS for short -- and Levy said yes, the results showed they'd have a normal, healthy child.

Within days of her birth, however, a blood test confirmed that the little girl, Kalanit, had Down syndrome.

The Levys filed suit against Legacy Health, claiming that Deborah Levy would have aborted her pregnancy had she known her daughter had the chromosomal abnormality. The lawsuit blames Legacy's Center for Maternal-Fetal Medicine in North Portland and a Legacy lab for allegedly botching the test. The Levys -- who dearly love their daughter, now 4 -- want Legacy to pay for the extra life-time costs of caring for her. That is estimated at about $3 million.
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http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2012/03/portland_couple_sues_legacy_he.html
 
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Gina B

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What a horrible thing if/when that child is old enough to grasp the news and finds out "mom and dad would have aborted me if they'd known I'm who and what I am."

Dearly love her? If they did, they wouldn't dream of putting her in the public eye as an example of a child they think should have been aborted and shouldn't be alive, so much so that they're willing to sue for money since they didn't get to end her life.

I started a post on this topic last year (and some years before that) and now it sounds like my question from last year will be answered. Now to see what happens. Here's the thread from last year: http://www.baptistboard.com/showthread.php?t=70597
 
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Alcott

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So, now just tell parents-to-be that their child will have Down's syndrome, and save $3 million. We need that to happen, don't we?
 
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