Fla. doctor investigated in badly botched abortion

[PhiGam]

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?StatuteYear=2008&AppMode=Display_Results &Mode=Search%2520Statutes&Submenu=2&Tab=statutes&S earch_String=abortion

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/...tring=abortion

cool beans....


Looks like somebody is in serious trouble

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/...tring=abortion

Sorry to hijack, but I was just reading through this (thank you for the link, I have never actually read any statutes on abortion) and near the bottom of the page, this comes up:

9. 320.08058 f.s.
Score: 81.69%
Abstract: Florida panther license plates must bear the design of a Florida panther and the colors that department approves. The word "Florida" must appear at the top of the plate, and the words "Florida Memorial University" must appear at the bottom of the plate. The word "Florida" shall appear at the top of the plate, and the words "Protect Florida Whales" shall appear at the bottom of the plate.

I wonder what words triggered an 81.69& match?

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

What is the legal allowed amount of time can a woman go before she is denied termination?

I thought it was the first trimester.

Is there a US standard or different between jurisdictions?

The general Roe rule was a trimester rule:

• First trimester -- a state cannot restrict a woman's right to an abortion
• Second trimester -- a state can regulate abortions procedure during the second trimester provided it does so in ways reasonably related to the mother's health
• Third trimester (or when the fetus is viable) -- a state can choose to restrict or proscribe abortion as it sees fit except that a state cannot prohibit abortion where it is necessary, in appropriate medical judgment, to preserve the life or health of the mother.

Later cases have modified this some, but it's still probably the basic rule of thumb.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

The general Roe rule was a trimester rule:

• First trimester -- a state cannot restrict a woman's right to an abortion
• Second trimester -- a state can regulate abortions procedure during the second trimester provided it does so in ways reasonably related to the mother'sl health
• Third trimester -- a state can choose to restrict or proscribe abortion as it sees fit (or when the fetus is viable) except that a state cannot prohibit abortion where it is necessary, in appropriate medical judgment, to preserve the life or health of the mother.

Later cases have modified this some, but it's still probably the basic rule of thumb.

Thanks both of you.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

The general Roe rule was a trimester rule:

• First trimester -- a state cannot restrict a woman's right to an abortion
• Second trimester -- a state can regulate abortions procedure during the second trimester provided it does so in ways reasonably related to the mother's health
• Third trimester (or when the fetus is viable) -- a state can choose to restrict or proscribe abortion as it sees fit except that a state cannot prohibit abortion where it is necessary, in appropriate medical judgment, to preserve the life or health of the mother.

Later cases have modified this some, but it's still probably the basic rule of thumb.

The trimester framework was thrown out in Planned Parenthood v. Casey. In that case, the Court retained the viability aspect of the test but made it something of a moving target. They said that prior to the point of viability, the woman has the right to make decisions regarding her own body [I paraphrase], after the point of viability, however, the state's interest in protecting life kicks in and the state can do whatever it deems necessary, even proscribing abortions altogether. The Court, of course, left us with an exception which probably eats the rule -- when the health of the mother is in question, the state's interest in protecting life yields to that. What this "health" interest is, no one really knows.