Judge orders abortion for disabled woman (Florida)

World Net Daily ^ | 5-23-03 | WND

[cgk]

This is NOT the same case Gov. Jeb Bush became involved in, but is extrememly, eerily similar.

[Texas Eagle]

Hell can't be hot enough for these people.

[cgk]

Here is a link to the OTHER case involving a raped disabled woman:

Governor seeks guardian for unborn baby

[Arpege92]

I have suffered through seizures and the medication could be very dangerous to an unborn child but I do believe there are alternatives.

[cgk]

Medical experts say carrying the pregnancy to full-term would be dangerous for her and may result in the baby being deformed. The mother of the woman asked for the pregnancy to be terminated.

"My main concern now is my daughter, she told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. "When I heard that heartbeat, you will never know what it did to me. But I can't be asked to choose between my grandchild or my daughter."

It obviously did NOTHING to you, you soul-less wench. How would carrying a baby to full-term by a mentally disabled woman cause the baby to be DEFORMED? There are tests for these things - and available now if they baby is 23 weeks old. And all that would/should tell these people is what to be prepared for when the baby is born - which could be delivered by C-section. This is an outrage. ADOPTION is ALWAYS A CHOICE.

[don-o]

Good on the Gov to get involved.

Scary thing about this is that when (not if) these unborns are snatched from their mother's womb, yet another weight fall on America's balances in judgement.

Can you spell innocent blood?

God ain't happy with that.

I hoped that after 9/11, we as a nation would get right.

Fool that I am.

As a nation, we are wide open, pedal to the metal on the Highway to Hell.

[MHGinTN]

A Miami judge has ruled a mentally disabled rape victim should have an abortion because the pregnancy could be life-threatening, according to local press reports.
The woman, whose identity is not being revealed, is mentally retarded with the cognitive abilities of a 4-year-old, deaf, prone to having seizures and has a shunt in her brain to drain excess fluid.

What is not reported in this article is the bias of the judge, if liberal bias, killing the uborn is a 'simple solution' regardless of the fact that this sensing baby will likely be dismembered for removal! I'm wondering if, since she is to have two medical procedures which require anesthesia, why she cannot have a C-section to save the life of the already alive and apparently healthy baby? I smell a deadly agenda here! I personally cite only to save the life of the woman as reason to terminate a pregnancy, but even then, if it is possible to save both alive beings, why not do so? [An before some fool leftists jumps on me for supporting pregnancy continuing in cases of rape, know this: I'm 57 and I was conceived when my blessed Mother was forced to have sex. My Mother did not have me killed since I was not the beast that committed a crime.]

[Lorianne]

In a brief order issued today, Rothenberg agreed to the abortion and also ordered the 28-year-old woman to undergo a tubal ligation to prevent future pregnancies, reports the Miami Herald. What the hell? So now we don't have to bother about her being raped next time! It won'd inconvenience anyone. How about catching the rapist and have him forcable sterilized? Oh no, that wouldn't be constitutional. Grrrrrrrr.

[dogbyte12]

Adoption is not ALWAYS a choice. You have no idea how severe this woman's seizures are. Or how much fluid needs to be constantly drained from her brain.

The stress of late term pregancy could kill this woman. You want to risk her life to make a point. You are wrong.

Selective cosmectic abortion is wrong, immoral, and should be illegal. That is not the case here. Forget the fact that this woman was raped. Those aren't even the issues here. This woman has severe health problems and could very conceivably die from delivering a child.

I am extremely offended at you for suggesting her mother isn't aching with agony at this decision. There are plenty of black and white cases for you to scream at, but don't you dare scream at her mother. It might make you feel smug to force this woman to give birth, but your smugness won't give this woman her daughter back if the worst happens.

Sorry for this long rant, but I am sick and freak and tired of the extremists on both ends. Those who believe abortion should be used as birth control, and equate it's moral signifigance as to a hangnail procedure, and those who think mentally retarded raped, physically at risk women should be forced to give birth are equal evils.

Pray for this mother, this daughter, and pray to God that this rapist is caught.

[steveo]

I do believe there are alternatives.

In this case what?

[A-teamMom]

Amen. This stuff keeps me awake at night.

[A-teamMom]

Ditto to everything you said.

[HairOfTheDog]

Careful who you call a soul-less wench. This is a hard situation of lousy circumstances. The medications she is on very well may lead to a deformed baby.

[Long Cut]

"It obviously did NOTHING to you, you soul-less wench."

It is my opinion that NONE of us has the right to judge this mother's actions. She is in a position that no human should ever have to occupy, and no matter what her (or our) personal beliefs are, she is already going through Hell.

My thoughts are with her, and her daughter. May the child's rapist know the teeth of all the foul Fiends, gnawing him forever.

[Calpernia]

Medications she may be on may be disabling to the unborn child.

The judge makes these decisions from written reports from doctors that see her.

[Long Cut]

You're right.

[A-teamMom]

This is obviously an extreme case and we are not aware of the intricacies. But please know that pro-lifers do pray for everyone involved... the woman, her mother and her baby. It is sad that the baby has no choice or recourse either.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

I agree with you.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

This is a sad, sad case.

I just hope they arrest and punish the vermin who raped this poor young woman.

[sport]

My thoughts exactly.