A 15-year-old girl in council care has given birth after a High Court judge ruled that doctors could perform a caesarean section against her will.
Mr Justice Poole considered the girl's case at an urgent hearing in the Family Division of the High Court earlier this week, where he heard that she was 35 weeks pregnant. A lawyer involved in the case told the PA news agency that the girl has now given birth, following a C-section, and said that mother and child were both well.
Lawyers who represented the doctors treating the teenager told the judge that she had a "needle phobia". They felt that a C-section was the "only option to ensure safe delivery", with specialists said to have concerns about the health of the baby.
