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2023 Tennessee Code
Title 29 - REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-43-101)
Chapter 34 - TORTS (§§ 29-34-101 — 29-34-802)
Part 2 - TORT LIABILITY (§§ 29-34-NEW — 29-34-214)
Section 29-34-212 - No cause of action for wrongful birth or wrongful life
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TN Code § 29-34-212 (2023)
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- (a) There is no cause of action for wrongful birth on behalf of any person based on a claim that, but for an act or omission of the defendant, a person once conceived would not or should not have been born.
- (b) There is no cause of action for wrongful life on behalf of any person based on a claim that, but for an act or omission of the defendant, the person would not have been conceived or, once conceived, would or should have been aborted.
- (c) For the purposes of this section, a person is deemed to be conceived at the moment of fertilization, as that term is defined in § 39-15-213.
Added by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 379, s 1, eff. 5/11/2021.
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