Florida Court Says Teen Not 'Mature' Enough For Abortion, So Must Bear Child

[SunSeeker]

Source: Huffington Post

A Florida appeals court decided Monday to uphold a lower court’s ruling that a pregnant 16-year-old had not shown she was “mature” enough to terminate her unwanted pregnancy, and must therefore give birth.

The teen, described as “parentless” in court documents, has been petitioning the state court system to let her get an abortion without the written consent of a parent or guardian, which is required for minors under a law signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) two years ago.

She argued before Escambia County Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Frydrychowicz that she was not ready to be a parent and did not have a job. She was living with a relative while she worked toward earning her GED.

But Frydrychowicz found that the teen did not establish “by clear and convincing evidence that she was sufficiently mature to decide whether to terminate her pregnancy,” court documents say. Florida’s First District Court of Appeals upheld the decision, with two judges on the panel concurring and one issuing a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.



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Sickening. I hope someone flies her to New York, or California.

[marybourg]

1. This went on routinely pre-Roe.

[Deuxcents]

2. Not mature enough for an abortion but motherhood..yep

[SergeStorms]

11. I thought this was Borowitz.

This is for real? Un-freaking-believable.

[Brainfodder]

18. Exact same thought, and that poor girl, YIKES!

[303squadron]

3. No state in the union allows

a 16 year old to adopt! But Florida will force a 16 year old to give birth. Make it make sense!

[SunSeeker]

4. It will never make sense. It is pure evil. nt

[certainot]

21. and in fla, 5 universities support 20 x limbaugh stations that have been pushing this shit for 30 yr

what the fuck. all over the country 87 major unis have been helping 260+ stations like that push for overturning roe v wade for 3 decades, using their athletes to help those limbaugh stations attract advertisers to help pay for it.

FLORIDA 20 Florida 10, Florida St. 4 Miami 2, South Florida 2, Central Florida 2

[Lonestarblue]

5. If she's not mature enough to choose abortion, how is she mature enough to have a child.

These right-wing evangelicals are just sickening! They have taken away this girl’s rights because they can. Utterly disgusting.

[SunSeeker]

8. They will force her to have a baby, then take the baby away from her because she is immature.

They have turned a 16 year old into a breeding mare. When her 16 year old body suffers the life long catastrophic aftereffects of that pregnancy, they will deny her healthcare. They are pure evil.

[PerceptionManagement]

6. republicans failed this child

[Karma13612]

7. American society is failing this child.

Someone needs to get her to an abortion safe state so she can end this nightmare.

I can’t believe in 2022, we are now having to refer to states as ‘abortion-safe’, or ‘anti-abortion state’.

Makes me sick to my stomach.

[PlanetBev]

9. Wish someone could sneak her out of that lousy state

Poor kid. I absolutely hate Republicans.

[heckles65]

10. Don't worry,

the baby, which will be perfectly formed, will wind up with a well-off, emotionally stable white middle class couple.

I mean, those 'pro-life' commercials wouldn't lie, would they?

[AZLD4Candidate]

12. I smell a coat hanger in her future since Flori-duh is. . .I'm speechless

Mature enough for motherhood, but not an abortion.

[mackdaddy]

13. At sixteen maybe she has a drivers license. GTFO of Floriduh...

Or someone may just give her a bus ticket to a state where she can get emancipation.

Do abuse shelters take in women when it is an entire state that is the abuser?

[sakabatou]

14. I knew this kind of shit would happen should Roe be struck down

[RussBLib]

22. and we will hear more and more of crap like this

GOP as a whole has zero respect for women, despite the fact that they have a few women in office. Except for Liz Cheney perhaps, the party is full of bible-thumping fools.

[appleannie1]

15. Question

Does this mean the court thinks she is not old or mature enough to abort the baby but, they think she is mature and old enough to raise a child? Apparently the courts in Florida are as stupid as the governor of Florida.

[mahina]

16. That poor kid.

Jesus.

[orangecrush]

17. Insane.

[Jilly_in_VA]

19. That's some bullshit right there

The fascist state of FloriDUH, where all political reasoning is warped.

[bluestarone]

20. She needs help for sure!

I hope someone will do the right thing, and get her the fuck out of Florida!

[James48]

23. Where is Matt Gaetz?

To sneak a minor across state lines? I’m sure he had a hand n his somehow.

[Martin68]

24. Not mature enough to have an abortion but mature enough to be a mother?

These people are bat shit crazy!

[Delphinus]

25. The crazy makes no sense.

She was not mature enough to decide whether to terminate her pregnancy, but is mature enough to BEAR & RAISE a child?

[walkingman]

26. These Christofacists are insane.

[bluestarone]

27. The father been charged SEX with a minor yet?

[IcyPeas]

29. yeah, the fathers usually don't pay any penalty do they?

[Initech]

28. Fuck the Christian right!

[Novara]

30. She has a guardian - can someone answer this question for me?

I read she has a guardian and her guardian supports an abortion. Then why is she in the courts? Why can't her guardian make the decision to allow her an abortion? Don't guardians act like a parent would?

[SunSeeker]

31. The guardian does stand in the shoes of the parent. But who knows with crazy Florida laws.

Sadly, the girl is not being represented by counsel, so she is getting beat like a pinata by the court system.

[LudwigPastorius]

32. Fuck the Republican ghouls in the Florida legislature & judiciary system!

This is insane.

[IngridsLittleAngel]

33. Mature enough to carry and deliver a child...

But if she identified as trans? Well, not mature enough for HRT and other gender-affirming care.

Fuck the fascist banana republic of Florida and the Nazis who run it.