Crossposted from Stop The ACLU
Yet another example of how our Court Systems think they are above the law. In this case they didn't even have to create law from the bench, they just state that their opinion supercedes the law. What it really does is break the law.
In spite of the fact that Florida state law requires a physician to notify the parents or guardians of girls younger than 18 before performing an abortion, an appeals court has ruled that a 17-year-old can get an abortion without telling her parents.As part of the law, there are certain specific criteria which would all a girl to obtain a waiver from a judge. In this case, the girl was denied a waiver by Circuit Judge Ellen Masters' last month, who ruled she did not meet the criteria for a waiver.
In what is another case of judiciary trumps law, a majority of the three-judge panel in Lakeland, Florida, said that the girl has the maturity to decide whether to have an abortion or to decide if telling her parents would serve her best interests. Never mind that the law says otherwise.
The girl claims that her Catholic family would �adamantly oppose her decision [to abort the child]� and might kick her out of the house.
The law is no stranger to controversy. After being approved by 64.7 percent of voters on November 2, 2004, the Florida Supreme Court dismissed a motion filed by the ACLU and Planned Parenthood, which sought to strike down the law.
So when will someone step up and hold these judges accountable?
