“A New Jersey judge has put down a new marker in the long history of childbirth, ruling that expectant moms have the right to bar unwed dads from the delivery room.
In a first-of-its-kind case, involving New Jersey resident Rebecca DeLuccia and her estranged fiance, Steven Plotnick, Superior Court Judge Sohail Mohammed ruled that patients alone get to decide who is at their bedsides, while “putative” fathers have no legal right to be in the room — or even be notified — when their children are born.
The case was settled Nov. 19, 2013, when Judge Mohammed decided in favor of Ms. DeLuccia, who followed oral arguments via teleconference from the delivery room, in a dispute over whether she was required to inform Mr. Plotnick when she went into labor or to allow him access to the baby after birth. The written ruling explaining the decision was released Monday.”* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
*Read more here from Patrik Jonsson / Christian Science Monitor:
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2014/0312/N.J.-judge-cites-women-s-rights-in-barring-unwed-dad-from-child-s-birth
Comments
I love how Ana says “She’s gonna ask for child support.”
Hey Ana did she totes txt u that from the delivery room? Maybe he’s a skivvy controlling bastard and she’s gonna change her name and move to Guam. Maybe she doesn’t want him to know that she is giving birth because he’s held a gun to her head and said “once you have the baby you are nothing to me.”
Maddoug is absolutely right, if you don’t know her story, you don’t KNOW that she is going to financially obligate him.
You know nothing, Ana Kasparian.
This is one case where you absolutely have to know the details. It most severely depends on the circumstance.