Deathly Fear - Interview on Fox News Concerning Rifqa Bary

Fox News ^ | 8/40/2009 | Jamal Jivanjee

[tang-soo]

I have posted a couple of threads the last few days asking for prayers for my friend Jamal's interviews on Fox News and CBN. Here is a 3.5 min clip of an interview on Fox from this past Sunday. The link is here - interview on Fox.

[tang-soo]

Thanks for continued prayer and release of information that will keep Rifqa free to practice her faith.

[gidget7]

Can’t she get an atty, perhaps even pro bono, and emancipate herself? She would be a legal adult then, and nothing her parents can do! I know youth in my area can.

[ElayneJ]

Prayers for this young woman

[tang-soo]

Good question. But I’m not sure how emancipation case would be impacted by the fact she and her family are not US citizens. That’s my understanding.

[gidget7]

If they are here legally, it shouldn’t matter. Were I someone close to her, I would ask a good lawyer for advice.

[dit_xi]

Consider this, once a teenage girl is pregnant and comes into the ER of a hospital seeking care, the law in every state considers her an emancipated minor who can make decisions and grant consents for medical treatment. This is also true for many teenage runaways as well. When they show up to the hospital for care, they are considered emancipated minor. How is this 17 years old young lady who ran away not considered an emancipated minor?

You do bring up a good point. A good lawyer and some crafty legal maneuvering can drag this case out until she turns 18, at which point she would be considered a legal adult and won't have to return home to face her oppressive parents.