ShibbOleth:
It may turn out to be more of a mandate and less of a free-speech issue here in Florida. On the news this morning there was mention of a 13 year old girl who had tried to get an abortion but was not being allowed to do so by Bush or DCF, because she was “too young” to make her own medical decisions.
It’s funny, she’s too young to make her own medical decisions, but if she had murdered someone, those freaks would be calling for the death penalty for her since she’s old enough to understand the consequences.
ShibbOleth:
It may turn out to be more of a mandate and less of a free-speech issue here in Florida. On the news this morning there was mention of a 13 year old girl who had tried to get an abortion but was not being allowed to do so by Bush or DCF, because she was “too young” to make her own medical decisions.
I can’t find anything to cite on this yet, and the radio is not the most exact form of communication, so I hope that I’m misunderstanding something here. But this has the potential to turn into Schiavo AND Gonzalez all wrapped into one.
Here’s some more on this :
The case pits civil liberties groups against Gov. Jeb Bush and conservative groups only weeks after the end of their polarizing fight over Terri Schiavo, a brain-damaged woman who died after her husband obtained a court order to remove her feeding tube.
L.G. has been in foster care since she was taken from her parents for abuse or neglect, the newspaper reported. DCF attorney Jeffrey Gillen told the judge that the state has been unable to find adoptive parents for her.
The girl has run away from state-assigned homes at least five times and was gone for a month when she became pregnant more than 14 weeks ago, putting her in her second trimester.
Sounds a total mess all around.