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Husband plans court challenge in wife's cesarean delivery case

Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 12th, 2004

The husband of a woman who refused to undergo a cesarean delivery plans to challenge a court order that gave a hospital permission to assume guardianship over her fetus.

In January 2004, a Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, judge permitted Wilkes-Barre General Hospital to force Amber Marlowe to undergo a cesarean section. Doctors there said the procedure was medically necessary and that the Marlowes had refused it for religious reasons.

Wilkes-Barre General was seeking guardianship to "preserve and protect the rights of [the fetus] regarding its health and survival," hospital attorney Mary G. Cummings wrote in court documents.

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-02-12)

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