Woman Wins Millions In 'Wrongful Conception' Case, Claims She Should Never Have Been Born
Woman Wins Millions In 'Wrongful Conception' Case, Claims She Should Never Have Been Born
In 2021, a landmark case was heard in London’s High Court. A woman sued her mother’s doctor, claiming she should not have been born, and she won.
Twenty-year-old Evie Toombes was born with spina bifida as a direct result of bad advice from her mother’s general practitioner. Dr. Philip Mitchell failed to tell Caroline Toombes, Evie’s mother, to take folic acid and delay conception until her levels of the nutrient were high enough. Instead, Mitchell gave Caroline Toombes the green light to conceive…
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