So The State Relinquished It's Claim

The Florida Dept. of Children & Families said it will NOT appeal a court's ruling that allows that 13-year-old to have an abortion.

The story notes that the child, a ward of the state, became pregnant after she ran away from the state-licensed group home where she lived.

"The constitutional right belongs to the child, and it belongs to the child even if the parents object," said Mary Coombs, a family law professor at the University of Miami. "In this case, DCF didn't have any more right than the parents."

Would someone in the media please address the underlying issue: why did the poor kid run away in the first place?

More later...
Paul