[quote]A child who suffered serious health defects owing to her mother's drinking during pregnancy deserves compensation, a local authority will claim in court. The council will argue that the child, now aged six, was a victim of crime. Her mother is alleged to have effectively poisoned her daughter. The upper tribunal of the Administrative Appeals Chamber has given permission for the case - brought by a council in north-west England - to be heard in the Court of Appeal.[/quote] What are your thoughts on this Floodians? Is it a valid lawsuit? Or does the child have no rights until birth?