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'''Jean Elizabeth Morgan''', [[M.D.]], [[Ph.D.]] (born [[1947]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], [[USA]]) is a [[plastic surgeon]] who was involved in a widely publicized and long-running [[child custody]] case over her daughter Hilary.  Morgan claimed that the father, Dr. Eric A. Foretich, an oral surgeon, had sexually abused Hilary.  During the course of the case, Morgan was incarcerated for two years. After her release, and when she was legally able to do, Morgan joined Hillary in [(contracted; show full)

=== The Elizabeth Morgan Act ===
: ''See main article at [[Elizabeth Morgan Act]]

The Act, passed in 1996, allowed Elizabeth Morgan to return to the U.S. with her daughter without having to share custody with Foretich.  Elizabeth and El
lena Morgan returned to the U.S in 1997. In December 2003, a U.S. Court of Appeal decision unanimously struck down the act as unconstitutional, finding that Congress had improperly passed a [[bill of attainder]] with the purpose of depriving Foretich specifically of the protection of the laws. By that time, Ellen was no longer a [[minor (law)|minor]], but despite its [[mootness]], Foretich pursued the matter to clear his reputation.

=== The case in popular culture ===
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** http://web.archive.org/web/20010419230630/www.springfield.va.us/organizations/arch.html

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