دورية أكاديمية
The legal implications of prenatal diagnosis in Malaysia.
| العنوان: | The legal implications of prenatal diagnosis in Malaysia. |
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| المؤلفون: | Kuek CY; Faculty of Law, Multimedia University, Malacca, 75450, Malaysia. |
| المصدر: | F1000Research [F1000Res] 2021 Nov 01; Vol. 10, pp. 1103. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Nov 01 (Print Publication: 2021). |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: F1000 Research Ltd Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101594320 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2046-1402 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 20461402 NLM ISO Abbreviation: F1000Res Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: London : F1000 Research Ltd |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Abortion, Induced* , Malpractice*, Child ; Female ; Humans ; Malaysia ; Pregnancy ; Prenatal Diagnosis ; Wrongful Life |
| مستخلص: | Background : Prenatal diagnosis enables detection of any disease or disability of the fetus during the pregnancy of a woman. Parents whose fetus is found to have a serious disorder from antenatal testing may terminate the pregnancy if it is permitted by the law or continue with the pregnancy to term. However, the chance of terminating a pregnancy may be denied if there is prenatal negligence by the medical practitioner in terms of diagnosis or failure to advise on the test results correctly. The purpose of this research is to examine the possible legal implications of prenatal diagnosis in Malaysia. Methods : This study adopts doctrinal legal research in which the researcher examines statutes and decided cases in Malaysia, the United Kingdom (UK) and Singapore relating to abortion, wrongful birth and wrongful life claims, in order to determine the legal implications of prenatal diagnosis in Malaysia. Results : In Malaysia, abortion following a prenatal diagnosis is only legally possible if the statutory criteria in the Penal Code are met. Abortion is illegal if it is not done for therapeutic purposes. A wrongful birth action brought by a woman who claims to be deprived of the opportunity to terminate her pregnancy may be successful in Malaysia, if it can be proven that a legal abortion could have been performed if not because of the prenatal negligence of the medical practitioner. However, a wrongful life action brought in the child's name for being allowed to be born with a disability may not be viable since the claim could hardly be established and it is against the public policy. Conclusions : Theoretically, it is possible to bring a wrongful birth action resulted from negligence in prenatal diagnosis successfully in Malaysia, but the chance is relatively slim for wrongful life action. Competing Interests: No competing interests were disclosed. (Copyright: © 2022 Kuek CY.) |
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| فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: Abortion; disability; prenatal diagnosis; termination of pregnancy; wrongful birth; wrongful life |
| سلسلة جزيئية: | figshare 10.6084/m9.figshare.15167907.v5 |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20220920 Date Completed: 20220922 Latest Revision: 20220925 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20240628 |
| مُعرف محوري في PubMed: | PMC9445564.3 |
| DOI: | 10.12688/f1000research.73231.3 |
| PMID: | 36111069.3. Version: 3. Publisher Version ID: 3. Version Date: 2022/09/16 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 2046-1402 |
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| DOI: | 10.12688/f1000research.73231.3 |