Handiphobia is a broadly accepted neologism indicating the fobia towards getting a physical or mental disability; it is also the fobia of bearing a disabled child. This term was created in 2000 in France were the "" were created, to contrast eugenism in prenatal diagnosis as well as the idea of wrongful life . "Wrongful birth" suits claim that the negligence of health-care providers (for example, botching sterilizations, failing to inform about a prenatal test, or misdiagnosing a fetus's handicap) prevent the mother from exercising her right of autonomy and thus to abortion.
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