Normal pregnancy and childbirth do not constitute an 'injury' within the meaning of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (Cth). A claim for the costs of raising an unintended child born as a result of negligent failure to detect pregnancy is a claim for interference with the right to plan one's family, not a claim 'in respect of' a service injury, and is therefore not barred by s 388 of the Act. The statutory context of 'rehabilitation' and 'treatment' sharpens the ordinary meaning of 'injury' to exclude normal pregnancy and childbirth.
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