The Supreme Court has ordered two gynecologists to pay €35,000 in damages to a patient for using forceps and vacuum extraction during her delivery without her consent or prior notification. The ruling clarifies that, even without medical negligence, the failure to inform her beforehand about the instruments to be used and the associated risks violated her right to informed consent. The woman who brought the case to the Supreme Court to establish this precedent was 29 years old in March 2014 when she gave birth to her son in a Madrid hospital. She had received prenatal care at the same hospital in the preceding months, and all tests had come back normal. After three hours of contractions, the doctors attending her during the delivery used a vacuum extractor and forceps to deliver the baby. The postpartum period in the hospital went well, and after a few days, the woman was discharged. However, a year later, she was still experiencing pain in the episiotomy scar from her delivery. After trying various treatments, the pelvic pain persisted, and when her son was three years old, she filed a malpractice lawsuit.