Florida blocks the abortion of a sixteen-year-old: "Not ripe to decide"

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The First District

denies a 16-year-

without parents the possibility of having an

because she is "

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The decision limits the options for the girl, pregnant at 10 weeks: Jane Doe 22-B, as identified, for now must carry on the pregnancy and evaluate her next steps, from going out of state to waiting and trying again. to obtain the green light of justice even if this would lengthen the time forcing her to have a surgical abortion in the event.

Jane Doe 22-B went to justice because she was a minor and Florida law requires parental consent to proceed with the

in the case of minors.

In her petition to the court, the girl explained that "she is not ready to have a child", that she still goes to school and does not have a job, in addition to the fact that the "father of the child is not in a position to assist her" .

Explanations that did not convince the Court of Appeal, confirming the previous sentence of judge Jennifer Frydrychowicz who had denied the termination of pregnancy.

Among the three judges of the Court of Appeal, one, Scott Makar, however, expressed his partial dissent.

In his opinion, in fact, the case should be referred to judge Frydrychowicz who, in denying the girl the abortion, said she was willing to reassess the case in the days following her decision given that the girl was under particular stress due to the death of a friend.

"Reading between the lines it seems that the court wanted to give the minor, under stress due to the death of a friend, additional time to better understand the consequences of the end of pregnancy," writes Makar.

"This makes sense since the minor was open to having a baby at one point but then she changed her mind after evaluating that she couldn't care for him in her current situation," adds Makar.

However, the case of Jane Doe 22-B is also confusing because, being a minor, many details are not public.

It is not clear why the girl chose not to be represented by a lawyer.

And above all, it is not clear why the favorable opinion of her legal guardian was not considered sufficient to proceed without going through the court.

The Florida court decision comes as more conservative US states tighten up on abortion after the US Supreme Court.

In North Carolina, a judge reinstated the abortion ban after 20 weeks, while in South Carolina the state Supreme Court temporarily blocked the enforcement of the abortion ban after six weeks amid activists cheering.