where a
child would not have been burn, but for a wrongful act or omission, typically where a physician fails
to warn a mother of a risk of
giving birth to an abnormal
child, which then deprives the mother of an option
to avoid conception or terminate the pregnancy
Jo Anne Swanson, a court - appointed adoption intermediary, has studied a number of cases in which women have been lured out of their home states
to give birth and surrender their
children under Utah's lax laws — which require only two witnesses for relinquishments that have occurred in hotel rooms or parks —
to avoid interstate
child - placement regulations.