Cherise Doyley never expected to see a judge while in labor.
Yet she found herself fighting a court for the right to make medical decisions about her own body — from her hospital bed. Here’s how her case unfolded.
https://www.propublica.org/article/florida-court-hearing-c-section?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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"Even though courts have found time and time again that you can’t force someone to undergo medical treatment — even if it could save someone else’s life — the video underscored for me how pregnant #women are the rare exception...
#abortion restrictions can lead to pregnant women being denied lifesaving care. Experts worry that the opposite problem, forced treatment, could also become more common"
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