A critique of the Law Commission's report on injuries to unborn children and the proposed Congenital Disabilities (Civil Liability) Bill

Ian Kennedy; R G Edwards

doi:10.1136/jme.1.3.116

. 1975 Sep;1(3):116–121. doi: 10.1136/jme.1.3.116

A critique of the Law Commission's report on injuries to unborn children and the proposed Congenital Disabilities (Civil Liability) Bill ^{^*}

Ian Kennedy ^1,², R G Edwards ^1,²

PMCID: PMC1154477 PMID: 1214266

Abstract

The authors are members of the British Association Committee on Social Concern and Biological Advances. Following earlier discussions of legal and social problems arising from certain medical advances, they undertook, independently, to examine the Law Commission's study.