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Covering the South for ProPublica email: Amy.Yurkanin@propublica.org
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They didn’t want C-sections. A judge decided for them.

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By Amy Yurkanin Verified
| Orlando Weekly Verified
Screengrab of the court hearing accessed by ProPublica shows Cherise Doyley lying in her hospital bed. On the afternoon of Sept. 9, 2024, Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at University of Florida Health in downtown Jacksonville when a nurse came in with a bedsheet and told her to cover up. A supervisor brought a tablet to Doyley’s bedside. Gathered on the screen were a judge in a black robe and several lawyers, doctors and hospital staff.
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She was in labor at a Florida hospital. Then she was in Zoom court for refusing a C-section.

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By Amy Yurkanin Verified
| MSN Verified
It's difficult to put yourself in the place of Cherise Doyley, a pregnant mother of three who found herself facing a judge while in labor at the University of Florida Health hospital in downtown Jacksonville. She had arrived at the facility with a plan for her birth. She wanted to try for a vaginal delivery, but she understood from years of experience as a professional birthing doula that things don't always go as planned. She arrived overnight at the hospital after her water broke.
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She Was in Labor at a Florida Hospital. Then She Was in Zoom Court for Refusing a C-Section.

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By Amy Yurkanin Verified
| ProPublica
It’s difficult to put yourself in the place of Cherise Doyley, a pregnant mother of three who found herself facing a judge while in labor at the University of Florida Health hospital in downtown Jacksonville. She had arrived at the facility with a plan for her birth. She wanted to try for a vaginal delivery, but she understood from years of experience as a professional birthing doula that things don’t always go as planned. She arrived overnight at the hospital after her water broke.
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