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American Journal of Law & Medicine , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , Spring 1983 , pp. 103 - 115
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics and Boston University 1983

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References

1 294 Or. 213, 656 P.2d 293 (1982).

2 Id. at —, 656 P.2d at 296, 297.

3 Id. at— 656 P.2d at—.

4 Ore-Ida Foods v. Indian Head, 290 Or. 909, 627 P.2d 469 (1981).

5 21 C.F.R. §§200.5-.7 (1982).

6 294 Or. at —, 656 P.2d at 297.

7 Id. at —, 656 P.2d at 297-98.

8 Id. at —, 656 P.2d at 298-99.

9 -Md. —, 453 A.2d 1198 (1983).

10 md. Cts. & Jud.Proc. Code Ann. § 3-2A (1980).

11 — Md. —, 453 A.2d at 1202.

12 Id. at — ,453 A.2d at 1203.

13 Id. at —, 453 A.2d at 1204.

14 — Wash. —, 660 P.2d 738 (1983).

15 Id. at—, 660 P.2d at 741.

16 70 N.J. 10, 355 A.2d 647, cert, denied 429 U.S. 922 (1976).

17 373 Mass. 728, 370 N.E.2d 417 (1977).

18 — Wash, at —, 660 P.2d at 742 (quoting Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179, 213 (1973) (Douglas, J. concurring)).

19 Id. at— 660P.2dat 743.

20 Id. at—, 660 P.2d at 742.

21 Id. at —, 660 P.2d at 743-44.

22 Id. at —, 660 P.2d at 744-48.

23 Annas, Reconciling Quintan and Saikewicz: Decision Making for the Terminally III Incompe tent, 4 Am. J.L. & Med. 367 (1979).Google Scholar

24 — Wash, at —, 660 P.2d at 746.

25 Id. at— 660 P.2d at 745.

26 Id. at—, 660 P.2d at 746.

27 Id. at —, 660 P. 2d at 746-51.

28 Wash. Rev. Code § 11.92.010-.190 (Supp. 1982).

29 — Wash, at —, 660 P.2d at 748-49.

30 — Wash, at —, 660 P.2d at 749.

31 — Wash, at —, 660 P.2d at 750-51.

32 — Wash, at —, 660 P.2d at 755.

33 Id.

34 697 F.2d 1172 (4th Cir. 1982).

35 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a)(1) (1976). “It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer ... to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions or privileges of employment, because of such individual’s . . . sex. . . ."

36 697 F.2d at 1187.

37 Id. at 1189-90.

38 Id. at 1182.

39 Id. at 1186.

40 401 U.S. 424 (1971).

41 697 F.2d at 1187.

42 Id. at 1188.

43 Id. at 1189-90.

44 Id.

45 Id. at 1190.

46 Id. at 1191 (quoting Robinson v. Lorillard Corp., 444 F.2d 791, 798 (4th Cir. 1971)).

47 Id. at 1191-92.

48 554 F. Supp. 157 (D.C. Minn. 1982).

49 42 U.S.C. §§ 301-1397 (1974).

50 5 U.S.C. §§551-57 (1977).

51 20 C.F.R. pt. 404, subpt. P; 20 C.F.R. pt. 416, subpt. I.

52 20 C.F.R. pt. 404, subpt. P, Appendix 1.

53 554 F. Supp. at 160-61, 163-65.

54 Id. at 161-63, 166.

55 Id. at 161.

56 Id. at 162.

57 Id. at 163-65.

58 Id. at 167.

59 Id.

60 U; 5 U.S.C. §553 (1977).

61 554 F. Supp. at 168-169.

62 Id. at 169.

63 551 F. Supp. 554 (D.Md. 1982).

64 Id. at 558.

65 Id. at 555.

66 438 F. Supp. 1287 (W.D. Okla. 1977), cited in 551 F. Supp. at 557. In Rutherford, the district court held that the Food and Drug Administration unconstitutionally abridged the privacy rights of terminally ill cancer patients by denying them the right to use laetrile, a nontoxic substance.

67 551 F. Supp. at 557.

68 Id. at 558.

69 Id.

70 Id. at 558 (quoting Victum v. Martin, 367 Mass. 404, 410, 326 N.E.2d 12, 16-17 (1975)).

71 Id. at 560.

72 98 Wash. 2d 460, 656 P.2d 483 (1983).

73 In Turpin v. Sortini, 31 Cal. 3d 220, 643 P.2d 954, 182 Cal. Rptr. 337 (1982), California became the first jurisdiction to recognize a wrongful life cause of action. For a discussion of the California decision, see Selected Recent Court Decisions, 8 Am. J.L. & Med. 218-19 (1982).

74 The court relied on findings of the district court that Dilantin was the proximate cause of the birth defects suffered by the children, that an adequate literature search would have revealed the risks associated with using Dilantin during pregnancy, and that the Harbesons would not have conceived the children if they had been informed of the risks.

75 Wash. Rev. Code § 4.224.010 (1974). The statute allows recovery for medical and ‘ hospital expenses, loss of the child’s services and support, loss of the child’s love and compas sion, and injury to the parent-child relationship.

76 The statute prescribes damages for parents’ injury caused by injury to their child. Wrongful birth actions allege parental injury caused by the birth of the child.

77 98 Wash. 2d at —, 656 P.2d at 495 (1983), citing Turpin v. Sortini, 31 Cal. 3d 220, 643 P.2d 954, 965, 182 Cal. Rptr. 337, 348 (1982).

78 31 Cal. 3d 220, 643 P.2d 954, 182 Cal. Rptr. 337 (1982).

79 98 Wash. 2d at —, 656 P.2d at 496.