The girl, who has mental health issues, had frequently changed her mind about how she would give birth.
A 16-year-old girl has given birth naturally despite a judge ruling she should have a caesarean section without her consent, lawyers have said. Mr Justice Cobb agreed with doctors that it would be lawful for specialists to operate on the teenager, who is in council care.
Doctors said there was a high chance the baby would be still born and said that a ceasarean section was the safest option for birth. The judge said doctors should make “one last” attempt to induce the teenager but ruled performing a C-section would be lawful if necessary.The judge made a ruling at a public hearing in the Court of Protection in London on Friday, but embargoed reporting until the baby had been born.
Specialists said they thought the teenager’s mental health difficulties made delivery by caesarean section the only “realistic” option. They said efforts to induce had been unsuccessful because of the youngster’s problems. Barrister Peter Mant, who led the trust’s legal team, told the judge that the youngster’s views on giving birth had changed repeatedly recently.
The teenager, who was represented by barrister Mungo Wenban-Smith, said she wanted to deliver her baby naturally. She told the judge that she had a “strong wish” to give birth with the “least intervention” and to be “awake and aware” when her baby was born.
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