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Caesarean and adoption mum's treatment 'brutal and invasive' Caesarean and adoption mum's treatment 'brutal and invasive'
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A lawyer for a woman forced to undergo a Caesarean section and give her baby up for adoption has claimed her treatment was "brutal" and "invasive".A lawyer for a woman forced to undergo a Caesarean section and give her baby up for adoption has claimed her treatment was "brutal" and "invasive".
The baby, whose mother is Italian, was taken into the care of Essex County Council social services. The baby girl, whose mother is Italian, was taken into the care of Essex County Council social services.
Stefano Oliva said such treatment might be expected in Hitler's Germany or North Korea, but not in an EU country.Stefano Oliva said such treatment might be expected in Hitler's Germany or North Korea, but not in an EU country.
The council said it had "exhausted all other options" before pursuing an adoption.The council said it had "exhausted all other options" before pursuing an adoption.
Mr Oliva told the BBC in Rome: "I've been a lawyer for 20 years. I've never seen something like this.Mr Oliva told the BBC in Rome: "I've been a lawyer for 20 years. I've never seen something like this.
'Such invasive treatment''Such invasive treatment'
"Judges can have a different opinion than you, or not look at the papers correctly, but in the particular case I've seen pure brutality."Judges can have a different opinion than you, or not look at the papers correctly, but in the particular case I've seen pure brutality.
"Such an invasive treatment of my client, forcing birth from her - I can't think that any Italian judge would have done it under any circumstance.""Such an invasive treatment of my client, forcing birth from her - I can't think that any Italian judge would have done it under any circumstance."
The council said an Essex health trust had been looking after the mother since 13 June 2012, when she was detained under the Mental Health Act. The mother is reported to have come to Britain whilst pregnant to attend a training course with an airline at Stansted Airport in Essex.
In August, the trust gained permission from the courts to deliver her unborn baby by Caesarean. Reluctant at the time to take medication, she had a panic attack and was sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
The council said social services had taken the baby into care because "the mother was too unwell to care for her child". The council said an Essex health trust had been looking after her since 13 June 2012.
The Court of Protection took the unusual step of giving a health trust permission for doctors to carry out a Caesarean section in August 2012, and the newborn girl, known as P, was taken into care by Essex social services.
The council said social services took the baby into care because "the mother was too unwell to care for her child".
In October, it obtained permission to put the baby up for adoption.In October, it obtained permission to put the baby up for adoption.
The woman told an Italian newspaper that she was sedated, and when she woke up, the baby had been removed from her womb and taken away.
'She's getting treatment'
The woman, who is now back in Italy and being treated for her bi-polar condition, talked of her extreme suffering as a result of what she had been through.
Judge Newton, sitting at Chelmsford County Court, ruled in February that although the mother's condition had improved and she was "extremely well" when she gave evidence, adoption was the best way to provide "a permanent, predictable and stable home" for the child.
Mr Oliva said: "To snatch children from their own family has happened in history, under other regimes in which there was no democracy - think of the Hitler Youth or the gathering of children in North Korea.Mr Oliva said: "To snatch children from their own family has happened in history, under other regimes in which there was no democracy - think of the Hitler Youth or the gathering of children in North Korea.
"You can't think of this happening in a Western European country, a European Union country.""You can't think of this happening in a Western European country, a European Union country."
He said pregnant women must be able to travel safely and decide in which country their children should be born.He said pregnant women must be able to travel safely and decide in which country their children should be born.
"She's a mother. And like all mothers, she wants to be with her daughter. She realizes that she has problems," he said."She's a mother. And like all mothers, she wants to be with her daughter. She realizes that she has problems," he said.
"She's now getting treatment, she's doing better, she has a job. She has proved to the Italian social services that she is trustworthy.""She's now getting treatment, she's doing better, she has a job. She has proved to the Italian social services that she is trustworthy."