If the Republicans drop the pro-life plank, I probably won't vote any more, and the Republicans are in big trouble come next election.
The sad thing is there is a local story I was just reading very similar but with profound differences, and the judge gave the parents guardianship rather than the husband. Whether he can appeal or not, I don't know.
The judge in Florida was a real scandal. It was partly because people here simply don't vote for judges. Most judges in FLorida are elected and not appointed, with the result that there can be a large number of them on the ballot. Consequently, most people don't know anything about them and just leave that vote blank.
But Greer was very tied in with the Scientologists, who are the folks who dominate St. Pete's, and I think that was more influential than anything else.