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[/h][h=1]Judge says pregnant women can bar fathers from delivery room[/h]
Some dads-to-be could be kept out of the delivery room in New Jersey. In a decision released this week, a judge ruled pregnant women can block the biological father of their children from entering the room.
"The ruling stems from the case of a couple who got engaged after the woman became pregnant, but later broke up. That father sued for the right to be present at the birth of the child, though a judge disagreed."That's according to Superior Court Judge Sohail Mohammed. The case started back in November when Steven Plotnick sued to get Rebecca DeLuccia to inform him when she went into labor. He wanted access to the baby when it was born.The two went to court the same day DeLuccia went into labor and gave birth to a baby girl. Mohammed ruled that day all patients, including pregnant women, can decide who can be at their hospital bedside. The decision was released on Monday.
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Yes and no. They have the right to be there if the mother of the child consents to them being there and the hospital allows them to be there. If they get in the way of the medical staff or cause some other type of problem that could effect the doctors ability to administer care or carry out the procedure, then the hospital should have the right to remove them from the area.
Now, when it comes to after the birth of the child.... I feel very differently about that!
That chicken parm actually looks really good to me right now, and I'm a vegetarian. I feel very conflicted :blink:
The judge made the right decision. It's the patients choice over who gets to be there along with the hospital rules.
[h=1]http://www.ajc.com/news/news/national/judge-says-pregnant-women-can-bar-fathers-delivery/nfCPd/
So do you think the father has a legal right to see his baby born or be in the room?[/h]Yes, he has a legal right and my opinion agrees with that.
Yes, he has a legal right and in my opinion he shouldn't.
No, he has no legal right and my opinion agrees with that.
No, he has no legal right and in my opinion he should.
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Well he does not nor do i think he should.
Dont get me wrong, i see why and how this could be emotional and i understand how it can be perceived as mean or sad but the bottom line is its the women going through a medical issue. She gets to control the room and her privacy, if she doesnt want somebody in the room, even the father thats her right.
Her right to privacy and freedom must be above his right to invade them.
It's his child too!
What the HELL......!?
It's his child too!
What the HELL......!?
If the father of the child being there is such an intense experience that it adversely affects the woman's procedure, that kid should just hope to be birthed stillborn. He's going to have a crappy life with a crappier mother.
If I was having an appendicitis attack and Hitler was 5 feet away, I'd never notice him.
It's his child too!
What the HELL......!?
It's his child too!
What the HELL......!?
I agree, it isn't like the man would be present during labor. He could stand by quietly in the delivery room with the mother's back to him, watch the birth without saying a word and then wait patiently to hold his child when brought to the nursery. That sounds very reasonable. I know the couple is estranged and not married. I hope the man insists on being a part of the child's life. It is going to need a good dad.
He cannot possibly watch the birth without seeing her private parts, and that would likely make her uncomfortable (more uncomfortable anyway). At least with the others in the room who are seeing her naked, they would being helping her and/or the baby. His purpose there would be purely for him, not her nor the baby.
I agree, it isn't like the man would be present during labor. He could stand by quietly in the delivery room with the mother's back to him, watch the birth without saying a word and then wait patiently to hold his child when brought to the nursery. That sounds very reasonable. I know the couple is estranged and not married. I hope the man insists on being a part of the child's life. It is going to need a good dad.
We have these things called mirrors, you may have heard of them. As far as seeing her private parts, his already plowed that territory.
Got that right. The child is already starting off life with a serious strike against him/her. Honestly, if anything the guy should take this as a harbinger that the woman isn't worth having in your life - and, by extension, the child.
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