Florida girl has abortion blocked
A pregnant 13-year-old girl in Florida has been told she cannot have an abortion because she lacks the maturity to make such a decision.
A state court granted an injunction which prevents the girl from terminating her pregnancy.
She is three months pregnant and had planned to have an abortion on Tuesday of this week.
The American Civil Liberties Union says it will launch an urgent appeal against the ruling.
Florida’s department of children and families intervened and took the matter to court, arguing the teenager, who is under the care of the state, is too young and immature to make an informed medical decision. Judge Ronald Alvarez in Palm Beach accepted that argument and has granted a temporary injunction and psychological evaluation, which effectively blocks her from terminating the pregnancy.
It is a case which, once again, plays into the heated and divisive debate about abortion in America.
The judge’s ruling comes in spite of Florida state law which specifically does not require a minor to seek parental consent before an abortion.
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I am always against abortion because it is a sin to kill an innocent child.”~*
I am always against abortion because it is a sin to kill an innocent child.:*;
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what i can say is that abortion is a sin and it should be deemed illegal by all means ‘;;
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