People v. Pointer

Ruby Pointer (defendant) forced her children onto a dangerous restrictive diet despite medical warnings, resulting in one child's near-fatal malnutrition and permanent brain damage; she was convicted of child endangerment. As part of a five-year probation sentence, the court barred her from conceiving another child during that period. Pointer appealed, arguing the no-conception condition unconstitutionally infringed her fundamental rights to privacy and procreation.