by Dr. Boyce Watkins.
Most of you know about the case of Maryanne Godboldo, the mother who got into a shootout with police over her daughter’s medication. The state felt that Maryanne’s child had enough psychiatric problems to justify putting her on additional medication, but the mother had different ideas. This leads us to ask, “How far should a mother’s rights extend when she has a different plan for her child than the state?”
I speak to Towanna Freeman about the issue in the video below.
