Teen Sues Family For Trying To Force Abortion (VIDEO)

A 14-year-old teen from Corpus Christi, Texas, is suing her family in order to stop them from forcing her to have an abortion, according to ABC News.

Last month, one district judge granted a temporary restraining order after, according to documents, the teen was physically assaulted by a family member, according to KIII News. The situation then got the attention of a Texas-based pro life group, which provides legal assistance for cases like this.

"It's not the first case in Texas and these cases are very very under reported," Texas Center for Defense of Life (TCDL) attorney Stephen Casey told the station. "Girls go through these situations they don't feel like they have a representative or an advocate and that's what TCDL does, is we let them know they're not alone. And they have a constitutional right to carry their child and protect their child."

ABC News reports court documents they obtained allege the girl's cousins and grandmother, Carmen Pantoja, set up an abortion appointment at the Coastal Birth Control Center against the teen's will, accusations Pantoja refutes.

"I advised her to have it. That's not the same as forcing her," Pantoja told ABC News, "If I had forced her, I would have paid for it and I didn't pay for nothing. Nobody forced her do anything."

According to a report by the Corpus Christie Caller-Times, the teen is accusing her family of keeping her from going to school.

The paper also reported that one of her cousins described the young girl as "mentally unstable" and not capable of making the decision.

State District Judge Missy Medary has granted two temporary injunctions which bar the 14-year-old's family from influencing her decisions until the Jan. 19 hearing, ABC News reports.

At that point, the judge will determine whether or not to extend it for the duration of the girl's pregnancy.

Comments

[spacecowboynj]

10:33 PM on 02/08/2012

My hero. Great mother.

[QuickFire]

10:26 AM on 02/02/2012

Oh yes, lets let the still growing child raise a child. It's so much better having a child realize that her baby is not just a cute doll that can be dressed up and cuddled all the time or a pet, it's real work and a lot of money that this Freshman does NOT have. It's pretty clear that the girls family doesn't think it's a good idea for her to keep it, so the girl turns to the fetuses sire for support but how long will that last? Do the parents of the boy want their son to be weighed down by a fetus that he is not ready for? All parents want is for their kids to have good lives, follow their dreams and a good future. That won't happen for him if this is allowed to continue. This always brings up another issue...What happened to Sex-Ed? Lack of Education from Parents and Schools just breeds more idiots.

[Shelby Vaughn]

07:36 PM on 01/14/2012

After all of the sex education my kids have had from, If it were my 14 year old daughter I would advise her to have an abortion or find somewhere else to live and raise her baby. I don't want to raise or finance the lives of my grandchildren, and how dare any of my children think it's my job or responsibility to do so.

[Karissa36]

05:02 PM on 01/12/2012

Good for the lawyers!!! I am pro-choice, which includes supporting women who choose to bear children. No one should be forced into any decision about a pregnancy.

[iamone3]

09:58 AM on 01/11/2012

Young women are being coerced to have abortions and need to know their legal rights. To some people an unborn baby is worse than useless and this hate for innocence is appalling to say the least.

[goatini]

08:12 PM on 01/12/2012

It is just as criminal to force a female US citizen to terminate a wanted pregnancy, as it is criminal to force a female US citizen to gestate an unwanted pregnancy against her will.

[Gale Routh]

11:08 PM on 01/10/2012

the bible supported abortion, that was done by a priest, in god's name, in his holly temple!
the 1984 niv footnote of numbers 5:11-31 explained what "to thy thigh to rot, thy belly to swell" meant:
Numbers 5:21 Or causes you to have a miscarrying womb and barrenness” to CAUSE a miscarrying womb IS an abortion.

the judeo-christian god is a myth and historical evidence proves it.
3.3.3 Atheism: A History of God (Part 1)
Evid3nc3

[Gale Routh]

11:07 PM on 01/10/2012

this is the law:
ABORTION IS A CIVIL AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT SUPPORTED BY THE RIGHTS TO PRIVACY, THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE OF 14TH AMENDMENT, AND THE 13TH AMENDMENT.

no human has a right to life or any due process rights by the 14th amendment to use another human's body or body parts AGAINST their will, civil and constitutional rights: that's why you are not force to donate your kidney---the human fetus is no exception; this is protected by the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment that makes reproductive slavery unconstitutional.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Protection_Clause

consensual sex =/= a legal, binding contract for an unwanted fetus to live.

ALL THE REPUBLICANS ARE PRO-LIFE, SCHIZOPHRENIC FASCISTS WHO SUPPORTS REPRODUCTIVE SLAVERY OF AMERICAN FEMALE CITIZENS, WHICH IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY THE 13TH AMENDMENT.

[Gale Routh]

11:06 PM on 01/10/2012

then kicked her out of the house...let her raise it on her own.

if this girl has a "constitutional right" to raise a baby that she can't afford, then all females should have a right to abort their human parasitic fetuses from their bodies, for whatever reason at anytime.

[iamone3]

10:41 AM on 01/11/2012

Your pro-abortion stand has been noted.

[goatini]

08:13 PM on 01/12/2012

Your forced-birth gestational slavery stand has been noted.

[Welshish]

09:04 PM on 01/10/2012

What? A judge is overriding the wishes of a minor's family? Orders them to stop influencing her decision? Was this a Republican judge? Whose judgment should be influencing her?

[iamone3]

10:43 AM on 01/11/2012

Didn`t you read that her family assaulted her?