Woman with mental age of child to have abortion, court rules

[KnotaDinghy]

A few things here... This has nothing to do with American politics in relation to liberals and conservatives...

Secondly, This is horribly wrong, there should never, ever be forced abortions in any case...

Agree.

[Lemons]

A judge in the United Kingdom ruled that a mentally disabled pregnant mother must abort her baby because doctors have arbitrarily decided an abortion would be less traumatic for her than childbirth. At 22 weeks gestation, this baby can feel pain and may be viable outside the womb.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opin ... t-her-will

they also decided against the parents' wishes that baby alfie evans should DIE rather than be sent to america for treatment.

this is what the left wants, they want the government to decide whats best for everyone. they call the right fascists for wanting LIBERTY.

People in this country die all the time based on decisions made by private insurance companies and government insurance.

A class action law suit was filed on United Healthcare because they were denying a certain treatment for prostate cancer that was proven to save lives claiming it was experimental. Wealthy people were paying up to $150,000 for the treatment. Men without the cash to pay out of pocket were dying. The judge called it immoral and barbaric and ruled against the insurance agency.

I have Aetna, a for profit insurance company and they are among the worst. In a lawsuit against Aetna, the former medical director, an MD, said he did not review medical records before routinely denying medical treatment.

Insurance companies make life and death choices every day in this country.

[winterglow]

Newsflash
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The ruling has just been overturned and the abortion is not now going to happen!

[AllofFive19]

I read the article. The judge makes some strong points. The woman does not understand her situation and wants a child like a child wants a doll.
However, the mother of this woman is willing to care fir her grandchild to be. The article does not state whether the woman is a ward of the state. Thus, despite the mother being against an abortion, termination can be ordered by the court.
The fetus is already 22 weeks. Just because there are rare cases where a fetus survives at that stage when delivered does not make for a strong argument against termination, especially when the fetus has adverse pathology. I’m pro choice, however, the article does not state fetal pathology that would warrant termination. Additionally, the woman does not have medical issues that a pregnancy to term would threaten her life.
I think the court is grossly overreaching if the mother of this woman has custody of her daughter. Additionally, the mother would not be the first grandmother to care for her grandchild from birth.
This just a tragic situation. The circumstances of conception are also under investigation.
IDK ... this just seems wrong to me.

One point that was made was if the woman took custody of her grandchild, the mother could lose her home.

Why?

Because she has behavioral and psychological problems. She could easily be determined a danger to her baby and since grandma would have custody, mom would have to leave the home. That wouldn't be good for her in the end.

[madfoodie]

so the woman who's 22 weeks pregnant (very developed) wants her baby, her mother is willing to help and be guardian of the baby and wants her to keep him/her also. and a government official is deciding FOR HER against her consent to control her reproductive rights and you think this looks good for your side??

lets also add shes current;y 22 weeks, some babies have survived being born at 22 weeks, by the time she has the abortion the baby will probably be viable. the left claims late term abortions only happen when the mother's life is endangered, another LIE EXPOSED.



what happened to keeping the government out of your vaginas? oh- its okay if someone is a "undesirable". sounds like Margaret Sanger's eugenics legacy is living on through the left.

Exactly her body her choice. In this case she has a care taker (mom) who is willing to help raise the baby.
At 22 weeks why was adoption an option if they felt that her mom couldn't help care for the child.

[Deleted User 1018]

So much for "choice". The young wants the baby. There is someone willing to take care of said baby. But the courts feel different about it.

The bigger question here, is how did a woman with the capacity of a 6yo get pregnant to begin with and has that guy in any way been prosecuted.

[ReadingRainbow]

According to a Press Association report, a three-judge panel overturned that decision Monday following an appeal filed by the unidentified woman’s mother, a Nigerian immigrant and former midwife who opposes the abortion and has offered to care for the child. The three judges — Lord Justice McCombe, Lady Justice King, and Lord Justice Peter Jackson — said they would provide their rationale for overturning the previous ruling at a later date.

Two Catholic bishops in the U.K. had criticized Lieven’s ruling as an assault on the bodily autonomy of the unnamed mother.

“Forcing a woman to have an abortion against her will, and that of her close family, infringes upon her human rights, not to mention the right of her unborn child to life in a family that has committed to caring for the child,” said Bishop John Sherrington, an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Westminster.

[Deleted User 276]

According to a Press Association report, a three-judge panel overturned that decision Monday following an appeal filed by the unidentified woman’s mother, a Nigerian immigrant and former midwife who opposes the abortion and has offered to care for the child. The three judges — Lord Justice McCombe, Lady Justice King, and Lord Justice Peter Jackson — said they would provide their rationale for overturning the previous ruling at a later date.

Two Catholic bishops in the U.K. had criticized Lieven’s ruling as an assault on the bodily autonomy of the unnamed mother.

“Forcing a woman to have an abortion against her will, and that of her close family, infringes upon her human rights, not to mention the right of her unborn child to life in a family that has committed to caring for the child,” said Bishop John Sherrington, an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Westminster.

This is a tragic situation for this young woman with no possible good outcome.

[Della]

Now think about the elephant in the room...her mother is a foreigner in the UK. More than likely a refugee. How would that work out if she was at the US southern border?

Who would tell her to "GO HOME!"?