catherine Fontvieille
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🚨A woman in labor was put on a LIVE video court hearing… from her hospital bed… because she refused a C-section, in Florida. And she wasn’t “uninformed”… She’s a professional doula, and had already had THREE prior C-sections… one that caused a hemorrhage… and she was trying to avoid another dangerous surgery and a brutal recovery. She understood the risks. She even said during the hearing the risk of uterine rupture was under 2%… and that she would agree to a C-section if it became an actual emergency. That’s called informed consent. But, instead of respecting that… the hospital called the state attorney, who rushed to get a judge involved… And suddenly she’s in labor, in pain, being forced to defend her bodily autonomy, on a screen, in front of a room full of strangers. At one point she asked them: “Are any of you gonna help me bathe or shower? Are you gonna help change my pad? Are you gonna help lift the baby out of the bed and put me in the bed because I can’t lift my legs? Is anyone going to help me?” Silence. Because none of them have to live with the consequences of the surgery they were trying to force on her. Then, when she asked for a Black doctor or nurse… because Black women in the US are about 3.5x more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women, and far more likely to have pain ignored, or dismissed, by providers… A white male judge actually questioned why that would matter. The f*cking audacity. In normal medical care, patients have the right to refuse treatment. Hospitals follow strict consent laws… You cannot be forced into surgery against your will. Except here. Because in Florida, pregnant women are somehow treated like they don’t have the same right to say no. When the emergency C-section finally happened, it lasted two and a half hours. Doctors had to cut around existing scar tissue, avoid her bladder, and the incision was an upside-down T, requiring a wound vac to help it heal. Recovery was brutal, and doctors told her she should never get pregnant again. But, if she did get pregnant again, would she be forced to carry out the pregnancy?






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