Jezebel: The 'Forced Abortion' Lawsuit the Right Really Wants You to Know About, by Anna North:
The story of a Texas teenager who's suing her family to stop them pressuring her into an abortion is all over the anti-abortion media. But their coverage of it shows how poorly they understand what it means to be pro-choice.
The Corpus Christi Caller-Times reports that the 14-year-old girl, who hasn't been named, alleges that her family scheduled an abortion appointment for her against her will. According to her lawyer, Stephen Casey of the Texas Center for the Defense of Life, she says family members kept her from going to school, and she accuses one cousin of "physically assaulting her by grabbing her by the neck, hitting her across the jaw and threatening to beat her if she didn't get an abortion." Another cousin allegedly said the girl was "mentally unstable" and incapable of caring for a child. The TCDL also maintains that the father of the fetus the girl is carrying, and his mother, support her desire to carry the pregnancy to term. Judge Missy Medary of the 347th State District Court of Texas has issued a temporary restraining order preventing her family "either directly or indirectly from forcing her to have an abortion against her will." It's in effect until a hearing on January 19, at which point Medary will decide whether to extend it for the full length of the girl's pregnancy. . . .
Added by BS on 1/12/12