nanny state gone way too far

[SmarterthanYou]

http://news.change.org/stories/moth...e-years-due-to-refusing-c-section-pre-consent

when V.M. showed up at the hospital planning to give birth vaginally, she was asked to sign a pre-consent form permitting a c-section should it become necessary. She refused. Had there been an unexpected complication with the pregnancy, V.M. could have consented to the procedure at that time, but she didn't want to sign away her ability to make decisions about whether or not her baby would be sliced out of her belly. That sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

The hospital, however, disagreed. After giving birth, without complications, V.M.'s newborn was taken away from her on charges of endangering child welfare. She and her husband have been fighting for three years now to get their child back.

I'd literally be shooting some NJ state officials at this point. This is nothing more than state sponsored kidnapping and extortion.