Portrait of Dortha Jacobs Biggs holding her daughter, Lesli, ca. 1975
Courtesy Dortha Jacobs Biggs
Dortha Jacobs Biggs, shown here holding her daughter born with severe CRS, won her wrongful birth case in Texas in 1975. Parents who pursued wrongful birth cases claimed that they were prevented from making informed decisions about their pregnancies and denied access to therapeutic abortion. They demanded financial support from their doctor and hospital for the care of their child with CRS. A judge awarded Biggs $120,000 to be used for her daughter’s medical care.
