LIFE NEWS/ Micaiah Bilger–
A Florida court rejected parents’ right to be involved in their underage daughter’s abortion decision last month, allowing the teen to abort her unborn baby without their knowledge or consent.
Though Florida requires parental consent for abortions for girls under 18, a district court granted the 17-year-old Tampa teen an exception, according to Fox News.
The teen, “Jane Doe,” admitted that she does not have any physical or mental health problems that would make her pregnancy more difficult, and she did not mention anything about her parents being abusive or neglectful, according to the ruling by the Second District Court of Appeals of Florida.
She just wants an elective abortion and believes her parents would encourage her to keep her unborn baby, according to the court ruling.
“[She] lives with her father, who does not believe in abortion except in cases of rape,” the ruling states. “She believes that both of her parents would urge her to keep the baby if they found out that she wanted an abortion.” Continue reading…
