Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Ex-judge In Massachusetts Defends Forced Abortion Ruling | Fox News

Ex-judge In Massachusetts Defends Forced Abortion Ruling | Fox News: 'Harms, 58, who retired last month, defended her ruling in a letter she sent Monday to other Massachusetts family court judges, saying she believed the schizophrenic woman would have chosen to have an abortion if she had been mentally competent. The letter was first reported by The Boston Globe.

"I believed then, as I do now, that she would elect to abort the pregnancy to protect her own well-being," Harms said, according to the newspaper. "She would want to be healthy."

The 31-year-old woman, who suffered from delusions, had reportedly described herself as "very Catholic." The woman had expressed opposition to terminating her pregnancy, according to the newspaper, while her parents sought consent for the abortion.'

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