Florida court rules 16-year-old girl not 'sufficiently mature' to get an abortion | WNT



A 16-year-old girl living with a guardian was told by a Florida court she is not “sufficiently mature” to petition for an abortion in the absence of parental permission.

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27 comments

  1. I assume that means that no 16 yr olds or younger in Florida will ever be charged as an adult in a criminal case as they are not "sufficiently mature".

  2. …But she's mature enough for motherhood….???!!!! …..
    (Remember, "Pro-Lifers" don't get abortions – they take "extended vacations" to where abortions are available).

  3. Who is this girl??? I want to buy her a plane ticket to a decent state so she get get her medical needs taken care of!!!!!

  4. i think that if you need to argue for an abortion then it's a pretty clear sign that the child may not recieve time, patience, or love from the parent and should be prevented from suffering a life of neglect

  5. Adoption.Keep you legs closed at 16 if you can't have a baby at 16! Oh and pay for it yourself! Can't afford MENTALLY or financially??? FRIGGEN GIVE IT UP FOR ADOPTION PLETTY OF PEOPLE TO TAKE ON YOUR MISTAKE….

  6. THIS IS SICKENING…. AMERICA IS SET UP FOR PEOPLE TO FAIL….
    AMERICA IS NOT THE BEST COUNTY IN THE WORLD…..
    FREEDOM TO DO WHAT… PREY UPON PEOPLE….
    IS THAT WHAT FREEDOM IS USED FOR….. EVERY 8 MINUTES SOMEONE COMMITS SUICIDE IN THE GOD FORSAKEN COUNTY…

  7. THAT GIRL IS IN FOSTER CHILD. SAID THE BBC REPORT…. WHY IS THAT BEING REWORDED IN THE AMERICAN REPORT.
    SINCE SHE IS A FOSTER CHILD…. THE ADOPTION AGENCY IS JUST WAITING IN THE LABOR ROOM FOR HER TO GIVE BIRTH… AND THEY WILL KIDNAPP THE BABY… AND IT'S WORTH PLENTY OF MONEY TO THEM

  8. THAT GIRL IS IN FOSTER CHILD. SAID THE BBC REPORT…. WHY IS THAT BEING REWORDED IN THE AMERICAN REPORT.

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  10. Unbelievable. I'm a Kansan and this is why I voted NO on stripping away abortion rights in my state. I hope we can be an example to other states. Unbelievable, not mature enough to have an abortion but apparently fine to raise a child? So dumb.

  11. In that case, the male who got her pregnant should pay double the child support.

  12. We need to shift this conversation. I have been told over and over again," she should have kept her legs closed if she didn't want to get pregnant."
    Why aren't we saying "He should have kept his pri@% in his pants if he didn't want her to get pregnant"? I think she should be able to get an abortion and HE should receive the punishment for it. Why is SHE at fault just because her body is the one growing the fetus? It took 2 people to put it there. This goes back to stereotyping. A woman is a slut for having sex, a man is expected to. Both men and women have sexual parts and sexual drives. One is not dirtier than the other.

  13. Give the baby the same chance you would like to have had. Do to others as you would have them do to you. Matthew 7:12 If the tables were turned would it have been okay for your baby to abort you

    He who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life. John 5:24 Believe in Jesus and repent. Love Y'all

  14. Parentless….living with a relative…still can find a way to be responsible enough to say YES to sex…now doesn't want the responsibility of that outcome ❤️‍🩹

  15. If you feel like you're not ready to have a baby, how about don't do the thing that makes babies?

  16. Wait til they ban birth control get ready it's gonna get worse keep voting republican this is what you get

  17. Leftists: "We can abort babies because they're dependent on others!"

    Me: "Don't you advocate for others to take care of you regarding things like school loans, healthcare, etc?"

  18. The court's ruling is aimed at the doctor not the teen.

    Perfectly legal for the teen to take abortion pills without a doctor's prescription.

    Perfectly legal for the teen to travel to another state to procure an abortion then return back home to Florida.

    Of course the anti-choice out of control fanatical prosecutors would go after anyone involved other than the teen AFTER the teen procured a LAWFUL abortion.

  19. Not mature enough to have an abortion but mature enough to raise a fucking child? Make it make sense. Oh wait, you cant.

  20. So she's not mature enough to have an abortion, but she IS some how mature enough to carry a child to term successfully for the child AND her, and then mature enough to raise a child? Is she mature enough to make enough money to provide for the baby too? STOP TRYING TO MAKE EVERYONE LIVE LIKE A "CHRISTIAN" !!!

  21. WOW!!!! ANYONE WHO GET AN ABORTION NEEDS TO DROWN IN A FIRE. PERIOD!!!!

  22. WOW!!!!! ABORTION NEEDS TO BE A UNIVERSAL PUBLIC SERVICE. PERIOD!!!!

  23. Each crisis pregnancy is an opportunity to reach beyond the immediate circumstances and to build life-respecting responses, where each new life is seen as an opportunity. It is up to us to show this in a loving and supportive way both to women facing untimely pregnancies and those who see the poverty, injustice, and brutality of abortion as a "cure" to poverty, injustice, and brutality.

  24. It is frightening to contemplate how easily people can separate the violence of abortion from the stories of family violence heard on the news. Perhaps that is why it seems kinder to them to kill a voiceless, unseen baby in the womb.

  25. Abortion is murder, it's against one of the ten commandments. It's the killing of an innocent little life . I pray that the baby gets protected .

  26. But she is mature enough to have and care for a baby?! Florida logic.