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Posted on 07/21/2008 4:16:53 PM PDT by wagglebee
Columbus, OH (LifeNews.com) -- Several states have dealt with the problem of judges routinely approving requests for a judicial bypass so teens can get abortions without their parents' knowledge or consent. Now, an Ohio judge has admitted she's never denied a single request from a teen to get around the parental involvement law.
The National Right to Life Committee indicates 37 states have parental consent or notification laws and 29 are currently in effect, including Ohio.
Most have a Supreme Court-mandated judicial bypass for the rare instances where girls may be victimized by their parents.
Hundreds of hearings take place before judges in counties across the state where girls want to opt out of having their parents informed of their decision to have an abortion.
The bypass provision is supposed to be limited to cases when teens could face abuse from parents, but it has become a rubber stamp process where judges are, now admittedly, approving ever request they see.
Judge Kim Browne, of Franklin County, admitted to the Columbus Dispatch newspaper that she has never denied a teen's request for a secret abortion.
"I don't think I'm playing God at all," she told the newspaper. "That is their choice. That's the decision they are going to have to live with."
"Many of them will tell me at least one of their parents knows they are pregnant. We get a lot of out-of-town girls who don't want to go to a judge in their community," she added.
The newspaper indicates state taxpayers pay for the legal advice teen's receive and most are represented by attorneys on a list compiled by pro-abortion groups or the Planned Parenthood abortion business.
Though teens who may have only been old enough to get pregnant for a few years are supposed to detail a potential for abuse and show they are mature enough to make an abortion decision without any input from parents, that often doesn't happen.
Some judges say good grades and a clean driving record are sufficient to give the go-ahead for an abortion.
Other states have seen similar problems, including Florida, Michigan and Arizona.
In Florida, legislators have tried, and failed, to get a law passed that would tighten the judicial bypass rules used when a teenager wants to get an abortion without telling her parents.
Figures from the Florida Office of the State Court Administrator show 557 requests for abortion waivers filed in 2006. Of those, about 94 percent were granted.
Arizona lawmakers have tried to limit judicial bypass requests as well asking that judges be instructed to look at other factors in the bypass case such as the girl's age and experience outside the home as well as whether or not she has fully considered other options like adoption or keeping the baby.
Of course not, you're simply doing what your god, Moloch, commands of you.
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As an Ohio taxpayer I am outraged at the actions of this judge. Planned Abortionists route the case to their attorney friends (likely in exchange for donations), and they know the judges who will expedite the process so they can collect their fees with minimal work.
Whatever happened to the courts interpreting the intent of the law rather than working around it?
That went out the window when judges figured out that they could seize control of government.
There is no law, only what an attorney can persuade a judge to rule.
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I know i’m not the most Moral person in the world far from it but i think i’m a few steps up above this so called woman on the ladder of life !
Or, alternatively, bad grades and a bad driving records makes a girl a good parent.
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Please keep in mind these words from the founder of Planned Parenthood, Margaret Sanger:
I note that you doubt it worthwhile to employ a full-time Negro physician. It seems to me from my experience … that, while the colored Negroes have great respect for white doctors, they can get closer to their own members and more or less lay their cards on the table, which means their ignorance, superstitions and doubts. They do not do this with white people and if we can train the Negro doctor at the clinic, he can go among them with enthusiasm and … knowledge, which … will have far-reaching results among the colored people. [snip]
I wonder if Southern Darkies can ever be entrusted with … a clinic. Our experience causes us to doubt their ability to work except under white supervision. [snip]
The minister’s work is also important and he should be trained, perhaps by the Federation as to our ideals and the goal that we hope to reach. We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population, and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members.
What a useful idiot you are, Judge Kim Browne. I pray you come to know Jesus.
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Judge Kim A. Browne was appointed as Judge of the Domestic Relations Court and Juvenile Branch by Governor Bob Taft in January, 2002. She was admitted to the Ohio Bar in November, 1993, and the Federal Bar in January 1994. With a background in labor relations, she is a member of the Industrial Relations Research Association and the Columbus Area Labor-Management Committee as well as the Columbus and Ohio State Bar Associations. Judge Browne has been actively involved as Chair of the U.S. Army Guard Reserve 191st Engineer Co. Family Support Group, a member of Governor Taft's Pro Bono Implementation Policy Committee, and a volunteer for the Columbus Bar Association Homeless Project. She serves on the Luncheon Committee for Directions forYouth, a member of Women-to-Women Business Networking/Mentoring Program and has served as a mentor for Fort Hayes Alternative High School. Judge Browne is an Adjunct Professor at Ohio Dominican College.