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The harm paradox : tort law and the unwanted child in an era of choice
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The harm paradox : tort law and the unwanted child in an era of choice

Nicolette Priaulx

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The beginning of the decline
Characterising harm
Loss of autonomy?
Defining the problem
Notes
Injured bodies
Natural born reproducers
Wrongful pregnancy as a personal injury
Orthodox injuries
Harmed minds, harmed bodies
Paradigm shifts
Conclusion
Notes
Health, disability and harm
Emerging dichotomies
The disability exception
Parental autonomy
The importance of context
Rees in the House of Lords
Conclusion : what kind of autonomy?
Notes
The harm paradox
The mitigation ethic
Mitigation is dead
Long live choice
My family and other animals
Conclusion : a harm paradox?
Notes
Constructions of the reasonable woman
On being responsible
Responsible women
Self-regarding woman : still a choice
Natural woman : she had no other choice
The woman in need
Conclusion : not a choice?
Notes
Reproductive choice, reproductive reality
A (wo)man's right to choose
Reversing nature's discrimination
In practice abortion is not a choice
Women do not experience abortion as a choice
Women are conforming, not choosing
Conclusion
Notes
The moral domain of autonomy
What kind of person?
Beyond personhood
A relational approach
Being responsible beings
Concluding remarks.

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The harm paradox : tort law and the unwanted child in an era of choice by Nicolette Priaulx. ISBN 9781844721085. Published by Routledge-Cavendish in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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