High Court okays autopsy on drowned baby against parents’ wishes

4 April 2018, 6:02 pm

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The High Court of Justice approves a police request to perform an autopsy on a baby who drowned in a jacuzzi earlier this week, despite objections from the parents.

The parents were seeking an emergency injunction to stop the procedure, which is forbidden in most cases by Jewish law, telling the court that an autopsy constituted a “grave violation of the sanctity of the dead, is totally forbidden and a grave offense according to the Torah.”

The baby’s parents have been detained as suspects in the death of the infant and have had their remand extended. The mother is suspected of criminal wrongdoing, while the father is reportedly suspected of obstructing justice.