A Florida court determined that a 16-year-old who is pregnant and parentless must give birth because she was not “sufficiently mature” enough to make the decision to end her pregnancy.
On Aug. 10, Circuit Judge Jennifer Frydrychowicz ordered the teenager not to have an abortion based on Florida laws which state a minor cannot receive an abortion without the consent of a parent or guardian.
The teenager, named in court papers as Jane Doe 22-B, was appealing Judge Frydrychowicz’s ruling, but a three-judge panel of the state’s 1st District Court of Appeal supported the judge’s decision.
The court papers state that the teenager was ten weeks pregnant at the time of the first ruling.
