Mother Wins $12 Million in Wrongful Birth Lawsuit, She Wishes Her Son Was Never Born

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In the largest settlement of its kind in British history, the mother of a boy with hemophilia and autism was awarded $12 million dollars for the “wrongful birth” of her son who is now six years old. 

Mrs. Justice Yip ruled that had Omodele Meadows been given correct information by doctors, she would have aborted Adejuwon, who is now 6...

Dr. Khan’s lawyers agreed to pay about $1.8 million for care related to the boy’s hemophilia. His autism, they said, was not because of physician negligence but a matter of “bad luck.”

Justice Yip disagreed. According to the Metro

“‘I reject the submission that the losses flowing from his autism fell outside the defendant’s assumption of responsibility. […] It follows that I consider that the costs related to Adejuwon’s autism may properly be recovered. Damages will be assessed in the sum of £9,000,000,’ [$12 million].”