The girl has mental health difficulties that have made efforts to induce unsuccessful
A teenage girl from Wigan has given birth after a judge granted permission for doctors to perform a caesarean section - despite her 'strong wish' to be 'awake and aware' when her baby was born, lawyers said.
The ruling was made at a public hearing in the Court of Protection in London on Friday, where Mr Justice Cobb said it would be lawful for specialists to operate on the teenager, if necessary. The baby has since been born.Mr Justice Cobb was told that the girl suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and an anxiety disorder, which had made previous efforts to induce unsuccessful.
The teenager, who was represented by barrister Mungo Wenban-Smith, said she wanted to deliver her baby naturally. Judges in the Court of Protection consider issues relating to people who might lack the mental capacity to make decisions for themselves. Evidence indicated that the teenager’s capacity to make decisions “fluctuated”, the judge was told.
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