What is the difference between an abortion undertaken to prevent birth of a genetically defective child and an abortion performed to prevent harm to the mother-to-be?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Curlender v. Bio-Science Laboratories, 106 Cal.App.3d 811, 165 Cal.Rptr. 477 (Cal. App. 1980):
6 An abortion undertaken to prevent birth of a genetically defective child is term "eugenic" while one to prevent harm to the mother-to-be is termed "therapeutic." (Speck v. Finegold (1979) ---Pa.Super. ---, 408 A.2d 496, 499, fn. 4.)
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