(FW) – A judge in the United Kingdom is forcing a 22-weeks-pregnant Catholic woman with developmental disabilities to have an abortion against her will. In her ruling Friday, Judge Nathalie Lieven of the Court of Protection said she understands her decision “appears” to be “an immense intrusion” on a woman, particularly when the mother has stated she does not wish to terminate her pregnancy, according to the Catholic News Agency. Regardless, Lieven is standing by her ruling, because she has “to operate in [the mother’s] best interests, not on society’s views of termination.”
It should be noted the judge has played an active role in expanding abortion access. For example, she worked last year to get Northern Ireland’s restrictions on abortion struck down. And now she’s continuing her activism from the bench. It really is quite something to see a judge admit her decision is “an immense intrusion,” but move forward anyway. What kind of precedent does that set? How else might the government invade a person’s private life? READ MORE
