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A Florida circuit judge tried to block a 17-year-old high school student from getting an abortion because, in part, the judge thought her GPA was too low.
The 17-year-old, known as Jane Doe in court papers, successfully appealed the circuit judges ruling this week. In a 2-1 ruling in the Florida Second District Court of Appeal, the panel of judges found that Doe was mature enough to earn whats known as a judicial bypass, an arduous legal process that lets minors get abortions without involving their parents.
In his original ruling, Hillsborough County Circuit Court Judge Jared E. Smith focused on the fact that Doe had originally said she made B grades, but her current GPA is 2.0.
Clearly, a B average would not equate to a 2.0 GPA, Smith wrote. Does testimony evinces either a lack of intelligence or credibility, either of which weigh against a finding of maturity pursuant to the statute.
But a ruling written by Judge Darryl Casanueva and joined by Judge Susan Rothstein-Youakim pointed out that if Doe is making Bs, then her current GPA may not reflect her newer grades. And, in any case, we observe a C average demonstrates average intelligence for a high school student, Casanueva wrote. The evidence certainly did not show that her overall intelligence was less than average.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/akv7xg/judge-abortion-gpa
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Her current GPA couldn't possibly reflect her emotional stress due to all this......Nah....
XanaDUer2
(10,662 posts)Walleye
(31,017 posts)ret5hd
(20,491 posts)to care/provide for in addition to the schoolwork to bring those grades up!!!
Walleye
(31,017 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(145,176 posts)This judge is a RWNj
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)It's not a great idea to mislead some almost surely RW dickhead judge telling him you're a B student when your GPA is 2.0. You just give the jerk an excuse to be a jerk. That was a misstep for sure.
But I'm very glad the Appeals Court restored sanity to the proceedings
malaise
(268,977 posts)WTF is wrong with these people
jaxexpat
(6,820 posts)Thanks, for goodness and sanity's sake. You saved me many hunt-and-pecks.
VEGANGTA
(20 posts)She is too dumb to make a decision, but smart enough to raise a child?
Noted.
bucolic_frolic
(43,149 posts)jaxexpat
(6,820 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,818 posts)it never gets this far, because the rich family gets it taken care of in some other discreet way.
It was true 50+ years ago, and it is even more true today..............
iluvtennis
(19,852 posts)qazplm135
(7,447 posts)and this was a chance to put that into practice.
IronLionZion
(45,433 posts)by adding another mouth to feed?
sakabatou
(42,152 posts)The Jungle 1
(4,552 posts)Yet these filthy repukes refuse to do anything about it.
paleotn
(17,912 posts)Exactly the jackassery, conservo-nut, Jebus humping bullshit we're dealing with. These people belong in the freaking 14th century, not behind a bench.
iluvtennis
(19,852 posts)AdamGG
(1,291 posts)should be forced to have unwanted children that they can't afford.
This man's judicial career should be aborted.
iluvtennis
(19,852 posts)GPA students" don't have sex and get pregnant, only lowering performing students. What a crock of BS.
So happy Jane Doe won her case.
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)elleng
(130,895 posts)PlanetBev
(4,104 posts)I was a lousy student with concentration issues, but I did graduate. I was able to retire in 2016 after working for 48 years.
Scholastically, Im not a quickest study in the world but I wouldnt be in the company of DU without a fair amount of intelligence. Its obvious that this judge would have been willing to throw any amount of shit at the wall to get the result he wanted.
These assholes will stop at nothing.
ret5hd
(20,491 posts)Doctor.
Mad_Machine76
(24,412 posts)GPA high enough to have a child.
oooooooooook.