The phrase "a wrongful life" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in legal or ethical discussions regarding the implications of being born with disabilities or in circumstances that are considered undesirable.
Example: "The court had to consider the implications of a wrongful life claim in the context of medical negligence."
Alternatives: "an unjust life" or "a life of suffering".
(She ended up filing a wrongful life suit, which was settled).
According to the opinion, California, New Jersey and Washington courts have recognized a "wrongful life" cause of action, but 27 states have rejected it.
The state's Supreme Court has declined to recognize a "wrongful life" argument in rejecting a woman's lawsuit that said her severely disabled son was denied a right to have her decide to abort him.
There is widespread agreement that interventions should not harm the future child (by creating a life so miserable as to be not worth living, as might be the subject of a wrongful life suit).
In the wrongful life case, a child is born with a serious genetic or chromosomal impairment, an impairment that is unavoidable if the child is to exist at all.
However, in his analysis the afflicted child in wrongful life cases was "wronged" (ibid.
However, the author of the article suggests that it is just a matter of time before wrongful life claims are successful [ 14].
The other type of malpractice suit, wrongful life, is a claim by the child that he or she has suffered a compensable injury due to medical damages that could have been prevented.
I start by relating the concept of a life worth living to future well-being, and point out an analogy with debates about "wrongful life" in conception decisions.
Law-suits over wrongful life claims reflect a similar view.
Often embedded in these debates is the conundrum that complicates wrongful birth and wrongful life lawsuits: under what conditions can we say an individual has been wronged in the context of genetic testing and selective abortion/implantation when that individual would not otherwise have existed (Brock 1995)?
