Maybe something does, but I am concerned about the kid about to being snuffed, not the motives of the mom. I just don't like authorities deciding who lives or dies in our America.
Then don't go to a hospital . . . it's really that simple.
The moment you put yourself in the hands of someone else to provide -- and pay for -- medical care, you've effectively ceded much of the responsibility and moral authority over what happens to you. I am sure this hospital would be perfectly willing to accommodate the wishes of the mother as far as finding an alternative facility to care for this child. The problem is that a medical facility does not have unlimited resources to care for each and every patient in perpetuity, so very often decisions like this must be made.
For all of the reasons that Sinkspur has outlined in his posts on this thread, the hospital is on solid legal, ethical, and moral grounds in this case.
In this case, who are the authorities you refer to?