Abortion clinics are also going to be involved in defending themselves against charges that they are complicit in covering up statutory rapes. These young girls are often brought into the clinics by the rapists themselves.
And what is the legal position of a judge who misuses the appeal process and thus helps to cover up statutory rape?
How is it going to help make relations better between parents and their minor children if you encourage the children to conceal that they have been raped and had an abortion? And is this really going to make these young girls happier and healthier in the long run? Or will it leave them forever unhappy and alienated from their parents, for reasons the parents won't ever be allowed to understand?
Good Point...That's the BIG ONE. Of the 500 or so that bypassed the law in Florida, how do we know there was no statutory rape? Teen pregnancies -- Gotta be a significant portion of them 30% or more, likely...I can only assume there is no mandate in the law for the court to investigate the "rape aspect". This is the hole in the law that needs to be fixed. This article's data are a start. With data, the legislature can close the loophole.