Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) has halted the parents of a teenage Texas girl from forcing their underage daughter to abort her unborn child.
The struggle for life took place in Austin, Texas, where ADF attorney Matt Bowman tells OneNewsNow the teen and her baby are now protected by a temporary restraining order.
"This is a case where a 16-year-old high school student was going to be forced to obtain an abortion by her parents, but attorneys allied with the Alliance Defense Fund were able to obtain a court order to protect her from having that innocent life destroyed against her own will," Bowman reports.
The mother literally dragged her daughter into two different abortion clinics, even though her daughter and the baby's father wanted to carry the pregnancy to term. That decision was reaffirmed after a pro-life prayer worker outside an abortion facility gave the teen more information about the truth of abortion.
"She and her boyfriend both wanted life for this child, and it illustrates what a difference it can make when a woman is more fully informed about the nature of abortion and has the assistance she needs to affirm the life within her," the ADF attorney decides.
He further emphasizes that a minor cannot be forced to abort her unborn child. "They have various legal rights to protect their ability to decide to choose life for their child, and no one should be allowed to decide that innocent life is worthless, especially a life that belongs to somebody else," Bowman contends.
A hearing scheduled for Thursday will consider a motion to convert the temporary restraining order into a temporary injunction.
Contact: Charlie Butts
Source: OneNewsNow
Publish Date: October 26, 2010
