Florida: mentally retarded rape victims screwed by the system?
A Miami judge gave a multiply disabled woman, who has the mental capacity of a four-year-old, permission to receive abortion after she was raped and became pregnant. The ruling struck down Florida Gov Jeb Bush's request that a guardian be appointed for a mentally disabled rape victim's fet...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Off our backs 2003-07, Vol.33 (7/8), p.6-7 |
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Zusammenfassung: | A Miami judge gave a multiply disabled woman, who has the mental capacity of a four-year-old, permission to receive abortion after she was raped and became pregnant. The ruling struck down Florida Gov Jeb Bush's request that a guardian be appointed for a mentally disabled rape victim's fetus. The woman's case is one of two in a series of landmark Florida cases that are redefining the boundaries of laws covering the pregnancies rape victims with mental disability. |
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ISSN: | 0030-0071 2330-0728 |