[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?
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After reading through some of these comments, I wonder why people call conservatives the "brutal" and "not caring" party.