Recent Case Developments in Health Law

In Re Unborn Child of Samantha Burton , No. 2009 CA 1167 (Fla. Cir. Ct. Mar. 27, 2009) (order authorizing medical treatment).

Id., at 1.

Id., at 2–3.

Roe v. Wade , 410 U.S. 113, 125 (1973); see also Harrell v. St. Mary's Hosp. Inc., 678 So.2d 455, 456 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996); In re A.C., 573 A.2d 1235, 1241–42 (D.C. 1990).

Second Amended Initial Brief for Appellant at 10–11, 14–15, Burton v. Florida, No. 1D09–1958 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. filed Apr. 20, 2009).

Brief of Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, and American Medical Women's Association in Support of Appellant at 5–7, Burton v. Florida, No. 1D09–1958 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. filed Apr. 20, 2009).

Appellant's Brief, supra note 5, at 11; Amicus Brief, supra note 6, at 5; both citing In re Guardianship of Browning, 568 So.2d 4 (Fla. 1990).

Appellant's Brief, supra note 5, at 10–18; Amicus Brief, supra note 6, at 5–7.

Amicus Brief, supra note 6, at 7–15.

Id., at 15.

Id., at 19–20.

Appellant's Brief, supra note 5, at 17; Brief Amicus , supra note 6, at 20.

Amicus Brief, supra note 6, at 20.

Appellant's Brief, supra note 5, at 12–17.

Id., at 18–20.

In re Dubreuil, 629 So.2d 819 (Fla. 1993).

Appellee State of Florida's Answer Brief at 5–9, Burton v. Florida, No. 1D09–1958 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. filed Apr. 20, 2009).

Id., at 9–12.

Id., at 14–16.

Amended Reply Brief for Appellant at 1–3, 10, Burton v. Florida, No. 1D09–1958 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. filed Apr. 20, 2009).

Id., at 8–9.

In re Baby Boy Doe, 632 N.E.2d 326 (Ill. App. Ct. 1994).

In re Fetus Brown, 689 N.E.2d 397 (Ill. App. Ct. 1997).

Gallagher J. , “Prenatal Invasions & Interventions: What's Wrong With Fetal Rights,” Harvard Women's Law Journal 10 (1987): 9–58, at 55.

Levine E. M. , “The Constitutionality of Court-Ordered Cesarean Surgery: A Threshold Question,” Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology 4 (1994): 229–309, at 302.

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Maternal Decision Making, Ethics, and the Law, Committee Opinion No. 321, (Nov., 2005): at 9.

In re A.C., supra note 4.

Id., at 1252.

Jefferson v. Griffin Spalding County Hosp. Auth ., 274 S.E.2d 457, 460 (Ga. 1981).

Id.

Pemberton v. Tallahassee Mem'l Reg'l Med. Ctr ., 66 F.Supp.2d 1247 (N.D. Fla. 1999).

Id., at 1254.

Id.

Id.

Levine , supra note 25, at 301.

See, e.g., In re A.C., supra note 4; In re Fetus Brown, supra note 23; Harrell , supra note 4.

American Medical Association Board of Trustees Report, “Legal Interventions During Pregnancy: Court-Ordered Medical Treatments and Legal Penalties for Potentially Harmful Behavior by Pregnant Women,” JAMA 264, no. 20 (1990): 2663–2770, at 2665.