Teenage pregnancy is a bad problem. Given what I stated above, the final choice whether or not to abort must be made by the party who will bear its consequences regardless of her age. Though if the girl were really young, I would mandate that she have an abortion regardless of her feelings because of the danger of having a baby at such a young age.

Keep in mind that the minor who won on appeal was within one month of turning 18. As far as I am concerned the trial court abuses discresion in denying her the bypass she requested. Her pregancy was not advanced enough for the denial to block her from executing her decision. There is no way that any judge could have found that delaying the abortion for four or five weeks would have been in her best interest, therefore the appeals court was correct. The florida legislature has no bussiness being angry over this. I have to go back to work now. Feel free to respond to this.

In Florida, the age of consent is 16 if the partner is under 24, 18 otherwise. There aren’t many states with an unconditional age of consent of 18 anymore.

The law requires a physician to notify the parents or guardians of girls younger than 18 before performing an abortion. However, if the girl does not want her parents or guardians notified, she can request a waiver from a judge. REMEMBER THAT PART.

The original circuit court judge denied the waiver request.

The girl appealed (hence the term “appellate court”).

The appellate court judge granted the waiver.

Ergo, no laws were broken.

Now, were there nothing written into the new law allowing for waiver requests, you might have a point. As it is, you are blinded by, among other things, your one-sided take on the world.

And Wisco, stuff a sock in it. You don’t understand what judicial activism means, it seems, and should go pray to ST.FU!!!

This is entirely within the law. The court of appeals hears appeals. Sometimes, those original rulings don’t stand up – that’s the purpose of an appeal.

You guys don’t hate ‘activist judges’, you hate the entire american system of law. There are plenty of countries out there where courts are just puppet shows for the people in power. Pick one you like and go there.