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The term wrongful abortion refers to an abortion that a pregnant woman undergoes as a result of negligent or malicious conduct by a physician or health
Wrongful_abortion
Civil law action which alleges that a defendant has wrongfully caused a child to be born
an abortion, or chosen not to conceive at all. The term "wrongful life" is also sometimes applied to what are more accurately described as wrongful living
Wrongful_life
Legal cause of action
Wrongful birth is a legal cause of action in some common law countries in which the parents of a congenitally diseased child claim that their doctor failed
Wrongful_birth
an illegal abortion in Texas can be sued for wrongful death. In March 2023, a Galveston man sued three friends of his ex-wife for wrongful death, after
Abortion_in_Texas
American serial killer (1941–2026)
American serial killer and abortion doctor. At his clinic in West Philadelphia, Gosnell provided illegal late-term abortions, committed post-labor infanticide
Kermit_Gosnell
1973 US Supreme Court decision on abortion, overruled 2022
have an abortion before the point of fetal viability. The decision struck down many state abortion laws, and it sparked an ongoing abortion debate in
Roe_v._Wade
2022 U.S. Supreme Court case on abortion
court held that the United States Constitution does not confer a right to abortion. The court's decision overruled both Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
Dobbs_v._Jackson_Women's_Health_Organization
American political commentator (born 1992)
Glenn Beck, who is anti-abortion, criticized Lahren for her comments and suspended her with pay, leading Lahren to file a wrongful termination suit. The
Tomi_Lahren
This list of wrongful convictions in the United States includes people who have been legally exonerated, including people whose convictions have been overturned
List of wrongful convictions in the United States
List_of_wrongful_convictions_in_the_United_States
American lawyer (born 1969)
specializes in civil rights and catastrophic personal injury cases such as wrongful death lawsuits. His firm has represented the families of Trayvon Martin
Benjamin_Crump
Magers filed a wrongful death lawsuit against an abortion clinic, Alabama Women's Center, after his girlfriend had a then-legal elective abortion in January
Abortion_in_Alabama
American student (1950–1977)
an unsafe abortion after the Hyde Amendment was passed. The 1977 Amendment cut off Medicaid funding for safe medically-supervised abortions. Unable to
Rosie_Jimenez
2021 Act of the Texas Legislature on abortion
raised: whether Texas's wrongful-death statute can be used to sue people who merely help someone else obtain an abortion. As abortion pills sent by mail from
Texas_Heartbeat_Act
American lawyer (1914–2001)
his term and death, Wade was criticized for his corruption, ranging from wrongful convictions to attitudes and certain comments on race. Wade, one of 11
Henry_Wade
Welsh wrongfully executed man (1924–1950)
Evans (20 November 1924 – 9 March 1950) was a Welsh lorry driver who was wrongfully accused of murdering his wife Beryl and infant daughter Geraldine at their
Timothy_Evans
Governor of New Mexico since 2019
at the age of 45. The couple had two daughters. Lujan Grisham filed a wrongful death suit against her husband's physician, but the lawsuit was dropped
Michelle_Lujan_Grisham
American actor (born 1983)
July 2020, Dorsey obtained sole custody. In November 2020, he brought a wrongful death lawsuit regarding Rivera, on behalf of Josey. "Former 'Glee' star
Ryan_Dorsey
American social activist and scholar
supports public funding for contraception and abortion, and is the co-author of Rosie: The Investigation of a Wrongful Death, with Ellen Frankfort. Kissling was
Frances_Kissling
Ethic opposing loss of life
consistent ethic of life or whole life ethic, is an ethic that opposes abortion, capital punishment, assisted suicide, euthanasia, and unjust war. Some
Consistent_life_ethic
American politician and lawyer (born 1962)
performed an abortion on Cox, and stated that Texas hospitals that allowed Cox's abortion could "be liable for negligent credentialing" the abortion-performing
Ken_Paxton
American politician (born 1944)
suits against doctors for wrongful birth or wrongful life for not giving information about risk of fetal abnormalities. The Abortion Control Act was mostly
Stephen_Freind
American politician
life of the mother and for spontaneous miscarriages." It also "allows for wrongful death lawsuits on behalf of fetusus." Deevers ran for reelection to the
Dusty_Deevers
2024 Alabama Supreme Court case concerning in vitro fertilization
clinics to be held liable for the accidental loss of embryos under Alabama's Wrongful Death of a Minor statute, enacted by the Alabama legislature in 1872. In
LePage v. Center for Reproductive Medicine
LePage_v._Center_for_Reproductive_Medicine
November 5, 2024, to establish in the Constitution of Montana a right to abortion up to fetal viability. The initiative was approved by 57.8 percent of voters
2024_Montana_Initiative_128
American video surveillance company
accuracy of IPVM's findings. Inaccuracies in Flock's cameras have resulted in wrongful arrests in several cities. In 2026, Business Insider reported that a driver
Flock_Safety
Women's health clinic in Mississippi, US
plaintiffs said that there was a specific point at which the abortion would be wrongful ("Gestational Age Act"). This point was determined under the Gestational
Jackson Women's Health Organization
Jackson_Women's_Health_Organization
American politician and attorney (born 1981)
restrict gender-affirming care, battled initiatives that restored access to abortion in Missouri, and staunchly defended Donald Trump over his legal problems
Andrew_Bailey_(politician)
US Supreme Court justice since 2006
agreements, and Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022) on abortion. Alito was born in Trenton, New Jersey, on April 1, 1950. He was the son
Samuel_Alito
American politician (born 1985)
bill to expand financial compensation available to those exonerated after wrongful convictions. In April 2025, Munson announced her candidacy for Governor
Cyndi_Munson
American journalist (born 1971)
on the anti-abortion movement and opponents of legal abortion, including "pro-life feminists" and proponents of the concept of post-abortion syndrome, while
Emily_Bazelon
Abortion in North Dakota is generally illegal. There are exceptions for medical necessity, rape or incest when performed before 6 weeks, or if an individual
Abortion_in_North_Dakota
Type of homicide
criminal offense. In medicine, the term generally refers to a part of an abortion procedure in which a provider intentionally induces the death of the embryo
Foeticide
Fetal rights laws in US
and could not have the capacity to be the subject of an actus reus ('wrongful act') – a prerequisite for a criminal offense in the absence of any statute
Born alive laws in the United States
Born_alive_laws_in_the_United_States
connection with issues relating to reproduction, such as abortion (see conscientious objection to abortion), sterilization, contraception, and stem cell based
Conscience clause in medicine in the United States
Conscience_clause_in_medicine_in_the_United_States
2018 novel by Tayari Jones
who live in Atlanta, Georgia. Their lives are torn apart when Roy is wrongfully convicted of a rape he did not commit. In an interview with The Paris
An_American_Marriage
post-presidency. Although Carter was personally opposed to abortion, he supported legalized abortion after the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe v.
Political positions of Jimmy Carter
Political_positions_of_Jimmy_Carter
American pharmacy chain
filling thousand of prescriptions haphazardly and causing thousands of wrongful deaths. The DOJ alleged that CVS had pushed its pharmacists to fill prescriptions
CVS_Pharmacy
Conservative anti-abortion American law firm based in Chicago
drugs for medical abortion. Asserting that assisting a self-managed abortion is murder, the suit was brought pursuant to wrongful death statutes rather
Thomas_More_Society
Moral or legal rights of the human fetus
Wade, the 1973 landmark case that established a constitutional right to abortion in the United States; that decision was overturned in 2022 by Dobbs v.
Fetal_rights
American anti-abortion nonprofit organization
without her knowledge, was a parody of anti-abortion college students. The order also claimed that they had wrongfully used the SFLA logo, which was copyrighted
Students_for_Life_of_America
American actor (born 1940)
stay alive. YouTube. Retrieved June 3, 2019. "'Martin Sheen aids NY man's wrongful conviction bid'". December 5, 2011. "'Martin Sheen: Latino Man Wrongly
Martin_Sheen
American politician (born 1970)
General Ken Paxton, Hegar twice denied the compensation to Dewayne Brown for wrongful conviction despite a court ruling of him being innocent. However, the office
Glenn_Hegar
United States federal law
means the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of
Hobbs_Act
Law school in Chicago, Illinois, US
Center on Wrongful Convictions (CWC) is dedicated to identifying and rectifying wrongful convictions. The Center investigates possible wrongful convictions
Pritzker_School_of_Law
Basic code of ethics for Buddhist laity
punishment, suicide, abortion and euthanasia. In practice, however, many Buddhist countries still use the death penalty and abortion is legal in some Buddhist
Five_precepts
Fictional character from Hollyoaks
Mercedes McQueen (also Owen, Fisher and Browning) is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Jennifer Metcalfe
Mercedes_McQueen
American politician
December 2014, Brattin proposed legislation that would require women seeking abortions in Missouri to obtain written consent from the father of the fetus, except
Rick_Brattin
Opinions on when humans become persons
science, religion, philosophy, and law, and is most acute in debates about abortion, stem cell research, reproductive rights, and fetal rights. Traditionally
Beginning_of_human_personhood
the cause of action labeled 'wrongful pregnancy' existed in Indiana."), archived from the original. "S.D. Makes Abortion Rare Through Laws And Stigma"
Timeline of reproductive rights legislation
Timeline_of_reproductive_rights_legislation
physicians in the American Medical Association and legislators, most abortions in the U.S. are outlawed. 1821 Maine: Married women were given the right
Timeline of women's legal rights in the United States (other than voting)
Timeline_of_women's_legal_rights_in_the_United_States_(other_than_voting)
Organization, the Supreme Court case overturning Roe v. Wade and ending federal abortion rights nationwide. Before his presidency, Trump made contradictory comments
Social policy of the first Trump administration
Social_policy_of_the_first_Trump_administration
Completely removing the limbs from a living or dead being
of methods Nine familial exterminations Religion and capital punishment Wrongful execution Botched execution Resolutions concerning death penalty at the
Dismemberment
American actress and singer (1987–2020)
really know her grandparents. Her maternal grandmother was Clara White, an abortion counselor and figure in the civil rights movement who was involved in the
Naya_Rivera
Governor of Pennsylvania since 2023
anti-abortion nonprofit that funds anti-abortion counseling centers and maternity homes. He said he decided to end the contract to better defend abortion access
Josh_Shapiro
Law of compensation for a civil wrong
delict 'in general terms [...] as a civil wrong', and more narrowly as 'wrongful and blameworthy conduct which causes harm to a person'. Importantly, however
South_African_law_of_delict
Display of executed criminals from a gallows-type structure
of methods Nine familial exterminations Religion and capital punishment Wrongful execution Botched execution Resolutions concerning death penalty at the
Gibbeting
Slogan in United States politics
for "Justifiable Homicide" Defense Against Abortion Docs". Mother Jones. "Senate approves bill on 'wrongful births'". Arizona Capitol Times. The Associated
War_on_women
Rights claimed for women and girls worldwide
sterilizations, forced abortion, forced pregnancy, criminalisation of abortion, denial or delay of safe abortion and post abortion care, forced continuation
Women's_rights
Legal killing of a person as punishment
Convention's provision on abortion is likely not consistent with the legal position in Canada relating to abortion: Kelly O'Connor, "Abortion in the Americas:
Capital_punishment
Anti-abortion charitable organisation
Right to Life UK is a charitable organisation focused on opposing abortion, euthanasia, assisted suicide, and embryo research in the United Kingdom. Right
Right_to_Life_UK
faced criticism for defending the state's position in cases involving wrongful convictions and for her office's stance on prison labor. She continued
Kamala Harris as Attorney General of California
Kamala_Harris_as_Attorney_General_of_California
American-born Irish actress (born 1994)
Retrieved 4 February 2010. Burr, Ty (7 December 2007). "The lies of others – A Wrongful Act Reverberates In The Sumptuous 'Atonement'". The Boston Globe. Archived
Saoirse_Ronan
American lawyer and writer (born 1979)
lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, involves allegations of wrongful termination, unpaid wages, discrimination based on medical conditions,
Neama_Rahmani
2018 novel by John Grisham
associates Mississippi lawyer Burch Dunlap as counsel to represent her in a wrongful death suit against the Banning estate. As a lengthy sequence of legal issues
The_Reckoning_(Grisham_novel)
Status of being a person
critically during the abolition of human and nonhuman slavery, in debates about abortion and in fetal rights and/or reproductive rights, in animal rights activism
Personhood
state's wrongful death statute, the court held, cautioning that the cause of action does not extend against a woman who has a legal abortion. In current
En_ventre_sa_mere
American politician (born 1939)
strong anti-abortion position. As a state legislator, he co-authored the "Flynn–Doyle amendment" to ban government funding of abortions covered by Medicaid
Raymond_Flynn
Regulates the birth, private-law status and the death of natural persons
express this intention very clearly. The role of the nasciturus fiction in wrongful life actions may best be understood with reference to the cases of Stewart
Law of persons in South Africa
Law_of_persons_in_South_Africa
French writer and journalist
Fourest has written many books about the conservative right, the anti-abortion movement (France and USA), and contemporary fundamentalist trends in Abrahamic
Caroline_Fourest
1980 multilateral treaty
treaty that provides an expeditious method to return a child who was wrongfully taken by a parent from one country to another country. In order for the
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
Hague_Convention_on_the_Civil_Aspects_of_International_Child_Abduction
American politician (born 1963)
on noneconomic damages for obstetric and emergency room cases except in wrongful death cases or if negligence is shown and made other changes to regulate
Brad_Henry
violation of a court order against interfering with an abortion clinic. The defence is available when wrongful acts are committed under pressure in which no reasonable
Necessity_in_Canadian_law
Committing murder and suicide
mercy Spree killer Thrill killing Torture murder Vehicle-ramming attack Wrongful execution Judicial murder Manslaughter In English law In US law In Australian
Murder–suicide
American politician (born 1958)
2025. "Maria Cantwell on Abortion". www.ontheissues.org. June 8, 2012. Retrieved November 15, 2012. "Maria Cantwell on Abortion". www.thepoliticalguide
Maria_Cantwell
Cast of American crime drama TV series
The Palisades, Janice wants to sue the Essex County Sheriff's Office for wrongful arrest. But Tony demands that Janice see Neil and plea the charges down
List of The Sopranos characters
List_of_The_Sopranos_characters
Act of killing one's wife or girlfriend
mercy Spree killer Thrill killing Torture murder Vehicle-ramming attack Wrongful execution Judicial murder Manslaughter In English law In US law In Australian
Uxoricide
American law enforcement officer, politician (born 1932)
brought by citizens arrested by Arpaio and his deputies alleging wrongful arrest, wrongful death, entrapment and other claims, costing taxpayers in Maricopa
Joe_Arpaio
Chatbot developed by Google
from occurring." In March 2026, the parents of Jonathan Gavalas filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that Gemini told their son to kill himself at age
Google_Gemini
Type of murder
mercy Spree killer Thrill killing Torture murder Vehicle-ramming attack Wrongful execution Judicial murder Manslaughter In English law In US law In Australian
Honor_killing
August 2009. York, Geoffrey. 2005. "Death-penalty debate grips China after wrongful execution." Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada), 2005. Biography in Context
Human_rights_in_China
American attorney and prosecutor in Indiana
adopted policies declining prosecution of low-level marijuana possession and abortion-related offenses, established a conviction integrity unit, and expanded
Ryan_Mears
2019 American legal drama television series
premiered on February 15, 2019, on Fox. The series follows the employees of a wrongful conviction law firm and stars Rachelle Lefevre, Russell Hornsby, Nikki
Proven_Innocent
Maltreatment or neglect of a child
to act by a parent or a caregiver that results in actual or potential wrongful harm to a child and can occur in a child's home, or in organizations, schools
Child_abuse
American politician (born 1984)
group urging Secretary of State Antony Blinken to designate Fogel as "wrongfully detained" to emphasize the political nature of his imprisonment. In early
Chris_Deluzio
Unnatural death caused by accident
may still be criminally liable for manslaughter, and civilly liable for wrongful death. Accidental death and dismemberment insurance and similar insurance
Accidental_death
Killing of a human by another human
mercy Spree killer Thrill killing Torture murder Vehicle-ramming attack Wrongful execution Judicial murder Manslaughter In English law In US law In Australian
Homicide
Irish writer and anti-transgender activist (born 1968)
On 8 September, Linehan told the BBC he planned to sue the police for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment. On 20 October, Linehan was informed that
Graham_Linehan
Admission of guilt for a crime one did not commit
1980s, combined with the introduction of DNA evidence, that the extent of wrongful convictions began to emerge – and how often false confessions played a
False_confession
American politician (born 1983)
authored anti-abortion legislation allowing the filing of wrongful death lawsuits on behalf of fetuses against those who facilitate abortions (including
Nathan_Dahm
the cause of action labeled 'wrongful pregnancy' existed in Indiana."), archived from the original. Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, Enrolled as
Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting)
Timeline_of_women's_legal_rights_(other_than_voting)
US ultra-conservative political group
spending reductions and a social agenda critical of transgender health care, abortion, and LGBT+ initiatives. It is affiliated with the State Freedom Caucus
South_Carolina_Freedom_Caucus
American politician and military officer
life of the mother and for spontaneous miscarriages." It also "allows for wrongful death lawsuits on behalf of fetuses." In 2024, Hamilton, along with Tom
Warren_Hamilton
punishments for abortion grew more severe in 1907 when the penal code revised: women could be incarcerated for up to a year for having an abortion; practitioners
Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) in the 20th century
Timeline_of_women's_legal_rights_(other_than_voting)_in_the_20th_century
Vice President of the United States from 2021 to 2025
faced criticism for defending the state's position in cases involving wrongful convictions and for her office's stance on prison labor. She continued
Kamala_Harris
Intentionally ending a life to relieve pain and suffering
Their definition specifically discounts fetuses to distinguish between abortions and euthanasia: In summary, we have argued ... that the death of a human
Euthanasia
2020 thriller film directed by Remi Weekes
his own. The apeth accuses Bol of being a thief and claims that he has wrongfully claimed a life that didn't belong to him. The apeth then offers Bol a
His_House
Murder of women or girls because of their gender
insufficient evidence. Femicide often includes domestic violence and forced abortions. Some cultures use gender-selective infanticide and geronticide to perform
Femicide
Act of killing one's sister
mercy Spree killer Thrill killing Torture murder Vehicle-ramming attack Wrongful execution Judicial murder Manslaughter In English law In US law In Australian
Sororicide
American Jesuit priest and writer (born 1960)
This is deeply scandalous in the sense of leading people to believe that wrongful behavior is not sinful." In 2017, Pope Francis appointed Martin as a consultant
James_J._Martin_(priest)
American political campaign
Ramaswamy opposed abortion, saying "I think abortion is murder." He opposed a federal ban on abortion but supports state-level six week abortion bans. He supported
Vivek Ramaswamy 2024 presidential campaign
Vivek_Ramaswamy_2024_presidential_campaign
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