"A Nevada state judge says he has the authority to order an abortion for a pregnant 32-year-old mentally disabled woman."1 The Washington Post does not say how the issue landed in court at all, but from Mr. Wesley J. Smith's post on the topic, it appears that county officials want to take over care of the girl.2 A judge should have no authority to tell anyone they must have an abortion. In the case of a mentally disabled person, a judge should not have the authority to tell her parents she must either. This brings a new light on the subject of voting in local elections, where usually it can be difficult to find out what the candidates think on the national issues, like abortion. If, however, county officials are going to start pushing abortions on people, we will have to start asking local candidates to put a stop to it.
UPDATED: The local judge has backed down, apparently changing his mind.3 Thanks be to God.
Associated Press. "Judge asks Nev. high court to allow evidence hearings in mentally disabled woman abortion case" Washington Post Last Viewed 2012-11-10. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/catholic-couple-fears-nev-court-hearings-will-lead-to-abortion-for-mentally-disabled-daughter/2012/11/05/ae8a0c2c-2724-11e2-ac64-5d52a2c5953e_story.html ↩
Mr. Wesley J. Smith. "Nevada Court to Force an Abortion?" Human Exceptionalism Last Viewed 2012-11-10. http://www.nationalreview.com/human-exceptionalism/332633/nevada-court-force-abortion ↩
Mr. Steven Ertelt, Ms.Becky Bowers-Greene. "Judge Rules Against Forcing Mentally Disabled Womanâs Abortion" LifeNews.com Last Viewed 2012-11-15. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/14/judge-rules-against-forcing-mentally-disabled-womans-abortion/ ↩