Unborn baby of mother with HIV at centre of court case

Unborn baby of mother with HIV at centre of court case A baby boy whose mother has HIV was given specialist drugs within hours of birth following a High Court case.

The "rare" and "exceptional" ruling was made after Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust took the matter to court before the child was born.

Doctors feared the mother - unaware of the legal action - would not consent to her baby receiving the anti-retroviral medicine.

The High Court said treatment could go-ahead. BBC Northampton