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posted by [personal profile] askye at 04:29pm on 03/05/2005
A lot of you probably know that here in Florida there is a 13 yr old girl in DCF custody who is pregnant and wants an abortion. DCF has claimed that they can't allow any one in their custody to terminate a pregnancy or have a sterilization procedure. They also said that she's too young to determine what the best course of action is for herself.

A judge has ruled and the girl will be allowed to have an abortion. DCF won't appeal. JEB isn't getting involved.

Today's paper ran a scathing editorial by Carl Hiassan Read it here . If it asks for an email and password use nomail@juno.com and bugmenot.

Terry Randall got invovled, wrote an "open letter" to JEB that was published in several places. He invoved Terri Schiavo's name. And spelled it wrong. How much time did he spend using her for his own purpose and he can't remember that there's no y in her name?

Of course I can just see the insane Religous Right going after this "activist judge".
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posted by [identity profile] darth-spacey.livejournal.com at 12:02am on 04/05/2005
One time only, because there should be no debate: She's in the custody of DCF. Legally they're her parents, with all the rights and responsibilities that entails.
 
posted by [identity profile] askye.livejournal.com at 02:54am on 04/05/2005
Actually under current Florida law if she were living with her parents she'd be able to get an abortion without notifying them or getting their consent.

An amendment require parental consent was passed in the last election, but it hasn't gone into effect yet.

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