This meme makes it seem like minors in Florida are “forced to give birth” and/or need a judge’s approval, which is misleading without context.

▪️In FL, a minor needs parental consent for an abortion. This isn’t unique to FL, 27 states require parental consent and 36 require parental involvement (FL is one of just 6 states which requires parental notification & consent, although not sure how you’d get consent w/out notification)
https://www.guttmacher.org/state-policy/explore/parental-involvement-minors-abortions

▪️These parental consent laws were in place long before the Dobbs decision overturned Roe, in fact this headline is from a case that happened in 2020, when Roe was still in place.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k8gxq/judges-denied-14-year-old-abortion#

▪️This particular case involved a girl who said her mother lived in Guatemala & she lost touch with her father, thus couldn’t get consent. In this case, minors must get a judge to approve their abortion. The judge in this case had questions about the location of her mother & her credibility. It’s unknown if the girl ended up getting an abortion or not.

▪️Advocates may have a point about FL’s cumbersome legal process for minors without legal guardians being unfair, but this affects a tiny minority. The Vice article claims 342 have been denied by courts in the past 15 years, which is only 22/yr. And many get it changed on appeal.

▪️The reality is that, like most states, minors in FL are free to get abortions provided they get parental consent. And now 13 year olds can’t get social media accounts. Linking these two together as being hypocritical seems quite a stretch.