Florida Court Rules 16-Year-Old Too Immature for an Abortion but Mature Enough to Raise a Child
,” and thus should be forced to create and raise a human being, which she apparently is mature enough to do. The upheld a previous decision by Circuit Judge Jennifer Frydrychowicz, , who blocked the girl, referred to as Jane Doe 22-B in court papers, from receiving the procedure without the consent of a parent or guardian. In their ruling this week, judges Harvey Jay, Rachel Nordby, and Scott Makar claimed that the teen “had not established by clear and convincing evidence that she was sufficiently mature to decide whether to terminate her pregnancy.