Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 24, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A12 Winnipeg free june High court considers murky question obstetricians oppose forced care by Stephen Thorne Canadian press Halifax forcing pregnant women to receive medical treatment is ethically and medically says the Canadian society of obstetricians and the society believes that mandatory treat ment of pregnant women represents a Viola Tion of their it said in a policy statement released yesterday As the country highest court struggled with the respect for a woman right to choose remains essential in this area As in any other contemplated intervention in her so Long As she is competent to make that the supreme court of Canada is considering the murky question of where to draw the line when it comes to forcing a pregnant woman to look out for the interests of her unborn the landmark Case involves a pregnant Winnipeg woman whom child welfare authorities tried last year to Force into a treatment pro Gram for a solvent sniffing the matter has become a Legal and ethical test of the limits on state intervention in preg parliament and most provincial governments have stayed away from the Issue of whether lawmakers can step in to protect an unborn Only new Brunswick and the Yukon allow court orders to Force pregnant women into the belief that pregnant women who reject sound medical advice must be incompetent is said the holding its annual meetings this it said forced treatment can endanger the Mother and the unborn it is false to assume that a forced intervention will necessarily Benefit the said the such interventions discourage pregnant women whose baby May be most at risk from seeking medical and erode the Trust that is essential to the patient physician the society said what it termed coercive treatment of pregnant women is not Perissi it cited precedents supporting its position Canadian Law clearly establishes that physicians must not treat competent patients with out their informed the supreme court of Canada has already ruled the fetus does not have a Legal right to Protection and subsequently there is no Legal basis for the forced medical treatment of preg Nant Canadian physicians Are and must remain advocates for the pregnant offering her counselling and the society said its policy statement is consistent with the positions of other medical organizations in the United states and great the Winnipeg woman known Only As is was five months pregnant last summer when she was forced into treatment by child and family she had already sur rendered her three other children to govern ment two of them Are mentally and physically handicapped As a result of her drug a lower court upheld the but the treat ment order was overturned by an Appeal court that ruled its up to not the to act on the the family services Agency then took the Case to Canadas High is had her baby about six months ago and it appears to be so the Case Doest directly affect her any Shes now pregnant again and 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