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1: Court rules doctors can operate on baby’s brain, despite parents’ objection | July 13, 2018

A baby suffering from a severe form of epilepsy will undergo brain surgery in a bid to stop his seizures, despite refusal for the procedure by the baby’s parents, after the Supreme Court ruled it was in the child’s best interests…

Catchwords: child’s best interests, Epilepsy, Hemispherectomy, Parents refused to consent

Debbie Waller with her disabled son Keeden. Photo: Quentin Jones
2: IVF parents lose $10m wrongful birth case, hit with legal costs | May 6, 2013

The parents of a severely disabled NSW boy have lost their $10 million damages case against an IVF specialist who failed to properly warn them of the likelihood their son would inherit a rare blood clotting condition…

Catchwords: Antithrombin Deficiency, Damages, Family Law Courts, In Vitro Fertilisation, Legal Fees, Precedent, Reproductive Medical Assistance, Wrongful Birth

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3: Court Refuses Ventilator for Terminally ill Baby | January 21, 2013

A NSW Supreme Court judge has refused a parental request for a terminally ill baby to be placed on a mechanical ventilator, in a case he described as “one of the saddest” imaginable…

Catchwords: Medical, Medical procedures