Judge approves caesarean for mentally ill woman

Woman, who is in her 30s and suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, had childlike vision of babies popping out

A judge has given doctors the go-ahead to perform a caesarean section on a mentally-ill woman who is 39 weeks pregnant.

Mrs Justice Roberts said on Tuesday she was satisfied that a planned caesarean section was in the womans best interests and satisfied that the woman did not have the mental capacity to make decisions about treatment.

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