Update on Baby Doe Case

May 27, 2003

Mathew D. Staver

This afternoon around 3 pm, Judge Arthur Rothenberg of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court in Miami-Dade County Florida, Probabte Division, denied our motion to intervene and stay the order of abortion. We filed an emergency appeal to the Third District Court of Appeals. Around 5 pm, the request to stay the abortion was denied. Tonight around 8 pm we filed an emergency appeal to the Florida Supreme Court. We expect a ruling in the morning. After working through the weekend, Memorial Day and today, all we can do now is wait and pray.

Baby Doe is 24 weeks gestation. State law requires that prior to an abortion on a person considered mentally incompetent, (1) the guardian must consent and (2) two physicians must certify that the abortion is necessary to save the life or preserve the health of the mother. We know that the guardian for the mother to this very moment has not consented in writing as required. We also know that only one physician recommended an abortion. In contrast, more than one OB/GYN specializing in high risk pregnancy found no reason for an abortion. Please continue to pray for Baby Doe. We need a miracle.

To remind all of us about the life at stake, please take a look at what a 24 week unborn child looks like. See http://www.w-cpc.org/fetal3.html


Mathew D. Staver, Esq.
Liberty Counsel
http://www.lc.org.

An Ally of the Alliance Defense Fund