Posted on 05/03/2005 9:50:07 AM PDT by IMissPresidentReagan
I was under the impression that the US Supreme Court had said on numerous occassions that: 1. States do NOT HAVE to pay for abortions and 2. States have a legitimate interest in advocating life. I understand that as a 13 year old, the girl may not wish to be pregnant, however, at the same time, the judiciary forcing the state to finance and permit this procedure seems to fly in the face of previous US Supreme Court decisions.
The fact that she has no way to care for a baby seems to me somewhat irrelevant as it would seem that the unborn baby would be cared for by DCF or put up for adoption.
In my opinion, the underlying problem is that this girl was in DCF custody at the time she became pregnant. Seems as though DCF needs to be investigated or overhauled.
Why doesn't the girl name the father or rapist? Is he a DCF official? Where is he? Who is he?
This is what we are talking about when we say judicial activism!
Why is abortion not only condoned, but implemented by the state?
Alvarez should be impeached!
I was somewhat curious as to that as well.
I don't think 13 or maybe she was 12 at the time of conception is old enough to give consent in the first place to have sex. Most states are 16. I may be wrong here, but where is the father of this unborn child? If she was in care of the State, they have some explaining to do here I would think.
Looks like Florida has no qualms about killing no matter what kind of life it is.
With Terri, it was because she was impaired.
With this baby, it's because....they don't want to deal with it.
Next it will be.....who knows....and who knows what reasoning.
Life they find to be inconvenient is fair game for killing. (Except quadruple, rapist, ax murdering, people-eaters. Lord knows, they'll have their 'rights' protected.)
So the new rule for Florida: "If you're INNOCENT & INCONVENIENT life, then you'd better get a visa to the Vatican."
This decision will be a landmark in allowing minors to proceed with abortions with out parental permission. No 13 year old is ready to have a child OR an abortion. She does not have the mental capacity to understand the long term impact this will have on her emotionally. SHAME ON THE JUDGE!!
The Florida judiciary....here we go again.
It must be nice to be a judge that can read the future - no wonder they make such great decisions
Seriously, considering how corrupt and screwed-up Florida courts are, I never intend to visit that state for fear that I may end up in front of one of their "circus" courts.
Welcome to China. If it had gone the other way we would have been accused of supporting activism if it goes our way. Which may be true until we get a level playing field, we have to take the system as we find it.
I say that we need to fence Florida off along with California until they get their act together enough to rejoin the adults at the "Big People's Table."
Also, Rush and Ann Coulter need to get out of that state post haste. It is nowhere for targeted right-wingers to be.
Can there any longer be any doubt that those unfortunate souls who find themselves in the clutches of the state in America are liable to find themselves in mortal danger?
This child in this child's womb has now received a death sentence; without charge, without trial, without ever being convicted of a crime.
As was the case for Terri Schiavo, Article One, Section Two of the Florida constitution, along with the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution are being IGNORED.
I won't go there. I'm not sure I'm going to ever step foot out of Texas again.
Abortion is legal in Florida and the teen has no parents. The judge made the right decision to allow the teen to abort her child.
Must be related to Judgenfuhrer Greer!
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