“不当生命”诉讼初探

"不当生命"是因医生的产前诊断过失导致先天残疾孩子出生而由后者提起的索赔诉讼.原告主张的实质是其根本不该出生.关于"不当生命"存在激烈的争论,否定意见占据了上风,法院对于"不当生命"诉讼普遍持否定态度.关于"不当生命"争论的焦点是有缺陷的生命存在与根本不存在相比哪个更好? 对此没有确定的答案,但多数人倾向于尊重生命存在的价值.出于谨慎原则和对生命价值的维护,对"不当生命"损害赔偿应予以否定.

Research on Wrongful Life

Wrongful life is a lawsuit filed by a child disabled at birth for compensation who was born as a result of prenatal diagnosis negligence of a doctor,in which the plaintiff claims that he shouldn't have been born.There are fierce disputes and arguments about this issue,and those against it prevail.Most courts refuse to accept this kind of action.All arguments about this issue focus on an ultimate problem: if the life with serious prenatal defects is worth living continuously.There is no definite answer,while more people tend to believe that living is better off dead.Based on the caution principle and respect for life,damages for wrongful life should be denied.