In 1988, the Pennsylvania legislature passed and then-Governor Robert P. Casey signed into law what is now codified as 42 Pa.C.S. Section 8305. Section 8305, in relevant part, sets forth that:
“(a) Wrongful birth. There shall be no cause of action or award of damages 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.
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