Anorexic Morris Woman Can't Be Force-Fed, Judge Rules

MORRISTOWN, N.J.– A Superior Court judge on Monday ruled that a severely anorexic Greystone Park Psychiatric patient can't be artificially fed against her wishes, the Daily Record reported.

The 29-year-old woman, identified as A.G., has been a patient at the facility since 2014, according to the Daily Record.

According to the Daily Record, A.G. – whose weight has been between 60-69 pounds in the past year – "expressed an unwavering wish to refuse force-feeding after a near-lifelong battle with anorexia nervosa."

The state Department of Human Services wanted her to be force-fed through a tube and assisted through an experimental program of Ketamine use to treat her depression, the Daily Record reported.

According to the Daily Record, A.G., also suffers from alcoholism and anorexia, binge-purge type.

Back in June, she was tube fed at Morristown Medical Center and gained weight – but the process damaged her heart, the Daily Record reported.

The judge said that those around her agree it is in A.G.'s best interests to "be transferred to a palliative care unit at the hospital where she won't be force-fed," the Daily Record reported.