Florida Retarded Rape Victim Update
The mentally retarded woman from Florida who was pregnant after being raped is being allowed to carry her baby to term according to the AP. Nice terminology.
Circuit Judge Lawrence Kirkwood approved a medical plan for the woman — known as J.D.S. in court records — that allows her to give birth. J.D.S.' court-appointed guardian, Patti Jarrell, recommended the plan. Jarrell wrote in a report to Kirkwood that "completing the pregnancy/delivering the child is in J.D.S.'s best interest."
UPDATE: I should mention the original post about this topic as it has quite a lenghty discussion of the pro's and con's of the idea of aborting fetuses of the mentally retarded.
Circuit Judge Lawrence Kirkwood approved a medical plan for the woman — known as J.D.S. in court records — that allows her to give birth. J.D.S.' court-appointed guardian, Patti Jarrell, recommended the plan. Jarrell wrote in a report to Kirkwood that "completing the pregnancy/delivering the child is in J.D.S.'s best interest."
UPDATE: I should mention the original post about this topic as it has quite a lenghty discussion of the pro's and con's of the idea of aborting fetuses of the mentally retarded.
# | June 25, 2003