Jeb Bush Orders Guardian Apponted to Represent Fetus
Florida Governor Jeb Bushs orders that a guardian be appointed for a fetus. Abortion rights advocates are angry.
The American Civil Liberties Union, along with the National Organization for Women and Center for Reproductive Rights, filed a brief Tuesday asking a court to deny the governor's request. The brief claims such a judgment would go against precedent that a fetus is not a person.
``He ought to be ashamed of himself,'' said Howard Simon, executive director of ACLU of Florida. ``That he would personally step in and take responsibility to coerce a developmentally disabled rape victim to carry a pregnancy to term.'' Bush's decision overrules child welfare officials who said such an appointment would be illegal.
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