Child taken from womb by social services

[siobhanc92]

Exclusive: Essex social services have obtained a court order against a woman that allowed her to be forcibly sedated and for her child to be taken from her womb by caesarean section

A pregnant woman has had her baby forcibly removed by caesarean section by social workers.

Essex social services obtained a High Court order against the woman that

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[booksforlunch]

D:

[lady_leia_solo]

What in the actual fuck? This is legal?

[mangosorbet007]

Whoa. That's ridiculous in so many ways - were any of those social workers thinking???

[stoptheqtip]

Holy shit. I felt sick when I read that earlier. :(

[clevermanka]

Anyone who thinks we're not *this close* to The Handmaid's Tale needs a hard kick in the head.

[susan_the_rogue]

So very, very much this.