A wrongful case for parental tort liability

Malek and Daar [M&D] argue that parents have a duty to employ prenatal genetic diagnosis (PGD) if they undergo IVF knowing they are at risk of transmitting a serious genetic condition. Although M&D limit their analysis to parents already undergoing PGD, in which they say the parental obligation is strongest because the benefits are significant and the parents' burdens small, they make clear that the overall structure of their analysis is applicable to parental decisions generally.