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A woman who became pregnant after a one-night stand yesterday won the right to keep the existence of her baby a secret from its father. In a landmark decision, three Appeal Court judges agreed that the 20-year-old single mother has 'the ultimate veto' over whom should be told about the child, who is being put up for adoption. Describing the case as 'on any view extraordinary', Lord Justice Thorpe ruled there was no justification for 'breaking open the mother's secret'. And Lady Justice Arden said this was not a violation of the father's rights to family life under the Human Rights Act because he had no rights to be violated. When the mother asked for the child to be put up for adoption, a county court ordered that her parents and the father should be told to give them the opportunity to apply to adopt. But yesterday, the judges decided the father had no rights over the child, who is now in foster care, because 'he was only a one-night stand'. And they banned the local authority and guardian from taking any steps to identify him or telling him about his daughter.
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