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PETTIT v. CHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL

No. 322 August term, 1982.

33 Pa. D. & C. 3d 256 (1982)

Pettit v. Chester County Hospital

Common Pleas Court of Chester County, Pennsylvania.

August 25, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Barry Buckley, for plaintiff.

Kevin Holleran, for defendants.

Patrick C. Campbell, amicus curiae.

WOOD, J., August 25, 1982.

We are called upon here to decide whether or not Dorothy F. Pettit, the mother of Patti Anne Wunsch, who presently lies in a coma in the Chester County Hospital, should be permitted to give consent on behalf of Patti Anne to have an abortion performed upon her. There are significant questions affecting human existence present in this case. The nature of the case has led to considerable public interest and controversy, and a regrettable...

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