不当出生诉讼与优生认知的探讨

Discussion on litigation of wrongful birth and eugenics cognitive

不当出生是指医疗机构或医务人员在产前咨询或产前诊断过程中,因未尽到应有的注意义务向孕妇夫妇提供了关于胎儿的不准确甚至错误的诊断信息,使父母丧失了可以选择终止妊娠的机会,生下了具有先天缺陷的孩子。针对当前社会对不当出生诉讼和优生学的误解,笔者分析了不当出生诉讼的实质和优生学的内涵以及对我国优生的认知,并在此基础上从既要维护个人合法权益,同时也要向社会传达正确的优生观念的角度出发,提出了合理有效解决不当出生诉讼的思考和建议。

Wrongful birth was defined that since the medical institution or physician failed to provide accurate informa- tion of prenatal genetic diagnosis, the parents lost the opportunity to terminate the pregnancy in time and lost to avoid giving birth defect child. Based on misunderstanding of litigation of wrongful birth and eugenics by common people in society now, the substance of litigation of wrongful birth, the connotation of eugenics and the cognitive of eugenics are analyzed in this paper. And the paper offers suggestions to resolve litigation of wrongful birth in a better way according to either maintaining personal legal rights or delivering correct concept of eugenics to all people in the society.