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Pregnant Teen Wins Abortion Battle - Yahoo! News
Wow. This is odd. Not the story I thought it was going to be for sure.
Not sure how I feel about this. Who is liable for the other half of the hospital bill?
I imagine the tension in that house must be pretty high.
Who has what rights here?
When a child, a minor, is giving birth who has the ultimate say over this situation?
Exactly what rights do the parents of the pregnant child have here?
A pregnant teen who sued her parents, claiming they were coercing her to have an abortion, will be able to give birth to her baby.
Attorneys representing the 16-year-old girl were granted a long-term injunction against the girl's parents in Texas family court on Monday, according to court documents.
The teen is 10 weeks pregnant and the injunction will last for the duration of her pregnancy.
As part of the order, the girl will be able to use her car to go to school, work and medical appointments. Her parents had taken away the use of the car as part of their effort to force an abortion, court papers stated.
The teen's parents will be liable for half of the hospital bill when she gives birth, unless she is married to the baby's 16-year-old father.
Wow. This is odd. Not the story I thought it was going to be for sure.
Not sure how I feel about this. Who is liable for the other half of the hospital bill?
I imagine the tension in that house must be pretty high.
Who has what rights here?
When a child, a minor, is giving birth who has the ultimate say over this situation?
Exactly what rights do the parents of the pregnant child have here?