The womans mother, a former midwife who opposes abortion, had offered to care for the child with her daughters help.
Why can't they just do that?
But the judge pointed out that social workers were unlikely to accept this, because of the risks posed by the womans psychological limitations. She said that if the baby stayed with the mother, the woman might have to leave her home. The baby might also have to live with foster carers or be placed for adoption. I think [she] would suffer greater trauma from having a baby removed, Ms Justice Lieven said. It would at that stage be a real baby. Pregnancy, although real to her, doesnt have a baby outside her body she can touch. The judge said she had to make an enormous decision on the basis of what was best for the woman and that some of the evidence heard was heartbreaking. She noted that the woman had no sense of what having a baby meant. I think she would like to have a baby in the same way she would like to have a nice doll, she said.
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