The 36-year-old woman, known only as 'DD', has learning difficulties, autism and an extreme phobia of hospital.

Owing to this, the woman, whose children are all in care, secretly delivered her third baby at the home she shares with her boyfriend, who also has learning difficulties.

Social workers who visited soon after said she had been feeding the baby on powdered soup, and it had marks on its head caused by tongs.

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The Court Of Justice have since, in an unprecedented ruling, told the woman she must undergo a caesarean.

And, yesterday, they also ruled that the contraceptive injection is also 'likely to be in DD's best interests'.

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This would mean, according to The Metro, that mental health workers could force their way into the woman’s home to administer the jab, which typically protects against pregnancy for between eight to 12 weeks.

However the judge has asked that staff ‘take all necessary and practicable steps to engage with DD and obtain her cooperation’.

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Campaigner Rebecca Schiller, of Birthrights, said enforcing the pill jab could be justified in extreme circumstances.

But she added: "Taking away the ability to have a child is truly draconian."

Do you think it was right for this woman to be 'forcibly' sterilised?