The LA Times is showing how far we haven’t come since the days where eugenics was the thing all the cools were doing.
The parental guardians of a 32-year-old pregnant disabled woman have asked the Nevada Supreme Court to block a judge from holding hearings that antiabortion activists believe could end in the termination of the woman’s pregnancy.
The couple on Friday filed a motion asking the state’s highest court to halt the proceedings by Washoe County District Judge Egan Walker, saying he lacks authority to make such a decision for their mentally impaired daughter, who officials say has the mental capacity of a 6-year-old.
The Supreme Court had set a midday Monday deadline for the judge and county officials to respond to the request to halt evidentiary hearings — scheduled to resume on Tuesday — into the woman’s health.
The couple, who have remained anonymous, said that as their daughter’s legal guardians, they have exclusive authority over her healthcare decisions, and that both they and she want the baby carried to term, in line with their Catholic religious beliefs.
“The man is an Anglican priest and the woman is Catholic and they say their faith dictates against abortion,” Kim Guinasso, a lawyer who along with her husband is representing the couple, told the Los Angeles Times. “They are her guardians and, under Nevada law, are entitled to make healthcare decisions for their daughter.”
But the state knows best, right? Who lives and who dies is a question best left to government hacks.
November 6, 2012 at 2:29 am
Wow, Matt…did an intense research paper on eugenics (and how Cold Spring Harbor was one of the centers..as a former Long Islander I was shocked to read that) in grad school. This quote began my paper and I was shocked to see this on your site. If only people knew more/read about eugenics, they would see how it is flourishing today..I have been pro life a long time, but that research paper hit it home even more. Thanks for this sad story….I can't believe the judge can really do that.
November 6, 2012 at 2:53 pm
A person's civil rights are held in trust for them by God, by their parents, and by the state, in that order. Without a culture and government constituted by God-fearing men, all civil rights are in jeopardy of being subsummed by the state. Reason and science dictates that there is no proof, necessary in a court of law, one witness is no witness, that because the woman carrying the child may have been mentally damaged for one or any reason that her infant will be damaged. Preventing the woman from doing her best is contrary to civil rights. Destroying a sovereign person through abortion is contrary to our founding principles and violates WE, the people's right to life.
November 6, 2012 at 4:16 pm
If we had a real pro-life culture, the judge would leave this couple alone. BTW, was the father of this unborn chid, a rapist IMHO, ever punished for his shamefull deed?
November 7, 2012 at 4:57 am
Correction: the Catholic faith, NOT the Anglican, dictates against abortion. To Anglicans/Episcopalians it is the equivalent of getting one's teeth cleaned.