Mark Joseph Stern on Twitter: "Florida appeals court affirms an order prohibiting a parentless 16-year-old from terminating her pregnancy on the grounds that she has not proved she is mature enough to get an abortion. So the state will force her to have a child instead. https://t.co/1UqnPUErG0 https://t.co/z8uMmAoxub" / Twitter
peter.suber's bookmarks 2022-08-16
Summary:
"Florida appeals court affirms an order prohibiting a parentless 16-year-old from terminating her pregnancy on the grounds that she has not proved she is mature enough to get an abortion. So the state will force her to have a child instead. "
Court opinion:
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/22136554/222476_dc05_08152022_170017_i.pdf
PS: See what I wrote in my 1992 Emerson Lecture: "Of course, abortion is a peculiar subject for paternalism. If a young girl is too young to be granted self-determination, then she might be incompetent in a legal sense and ineligible to make all the important decisions that affect her. But that is hardly a reason to deny her an abortion, since for the same reason, she would be unable to bear or raise a child and should not be made to endure it."
https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/4746293