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Roe v. Wade is Not One Size Fits All: More Reflections on Burton v. Florida

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reader diary by Courtroom Mama

August 13, 2010 - 6:04pm (Print)

The opinion in Burton v. Florida, in which an appeals court reversed an order forcing a pregnant woman to go on bed rest and undergo cesarean surgery, raises a question about our courts: what is it about pregnancy that they just don't understand?

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Can the State Turn You Into An Incubator?

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by Rachel Larris

January 15, 2010 - 11:46am (Print)

Can the state turn you into a legal incubator? The First District Court of Appeal in Florida heard arguments that asked that very question after the state ordered a woman confined to a hospital bed, against her wishes, when she was 25 weeks into her pregnancy.
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