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In the year since a new Florida law required clinics to notify the parents of girls under 18 before performing an abortion, 450 teenagers asked the courts for an exception. A disproportionate number of those petitions, nearly a quarter of all statewide, were filed in Palm Beach County. All but one got permission.
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By KATHLEEN CHAPMAN
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
WEST PALM BEACH - The foster teen who fought for her right to have an abortion last year was back in juvenile court Tuesday, tears streaming down her face.
L.G. is 15 now and pregnant for the second time. Her round stomach showed through her blue detention jumpsuit.
For years, she [...]

By KATHLEEN CHAPMAN
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
The foster child who made national news last year when the state of Florida went to court to prevent her from having an abortion is pregnant again.
“L.G.,” who turned 15 this month, is due to deliver a baby boy Nov. 1, her mother said.
The teenager first got pregnant at [...]

By KATHLEEN CHAPMAN
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
The Diocese of Palm Beach distanced itself Friday from an employee’s statement that the judge who allowed a 13-year-old foster child to have an abortion should be denied communion.
Don Kazimir, who heads the diocesan Respect Life Office, called the judge this week to say the church might have a [...]

By KATHLEEN CHAPMAN
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
WEST PALM BEACH - From the moment a 13-year-old foster child told her caseworker that she wanted an abortion, nobody knew exactly what to do.
There was no history, no procedure.
The caseworker wanted to help the girl known as L.G., but she didn’t want to say the wrong thing or [...]

By KATHLEEN CHAPMAN
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
WEST PALM BEACH - A 13-year-old foster child ended her pregnancy Tuesday, hours after Gov. Jeb Bush ordered the state to stop all intervention in her case.
A juvenile court judge cleared the way for the girl’s abortion in a final hearing Tuesday morning. The girl was taken to a [...]

By KATHLEEN CHAPMAN
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
WEST PALM BEACH - A judge has refused to allow the state to stop the abortion of a 13-year-old foster child, two sources said Monday.
Ronald Alvarez, Palm Beach County Juvenile Court judge, issued the ruling Monday morning, a week after the state Department of Children and Families asked him [...]

By KATHLEEN CHAPMAN
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
The head of the Florida Department of Children and Families personally decided that her agency should go to court to stop a 13-year-old foster child from having an abortion.
DCF Secretary Lucy Hadi reviewed the case and felt she could not allow the girl to end the pregnancy before notifying [...]

By KATHLEEN CHAPMAN
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
WEST PALM BEACH - A judge said Thursday he was outraged that the Florida Department of Children and Families did not do more to prevent a 13-year-old foster child from getting pregnant.
Before rushing into court to stop her from having an abortion, Palm Beach County Juvenile Court Judge Ronald [...]