Double Tragedy as Court orders 13-year-old with ‘low mental age’ to have abortion

A 13-year-old girl was ordered to have an abortion by the most senior family Judge in the country – Sir James Munby, despite being described in court as “very damaged”.  This is despite expert evidence which stated: “"If the pregnancy were terminated I believe that this would cause considerable harm to this young girl, who would see it as an assault.”

The teenager had become pregnant by a 14-year-old boy and Sir James who is President of the Family Division of the High Court, decided, on the “preponderance of evidence”, that a termination was in the girl’s best interests.  

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Sir James also recently attracted criticism for undermining the institution of marriage when he declared himself in favour of all-binding cohabitation and no-fault divorce.  He has also questioned whether divorce requires judicial supervision rather than a simple clerical procedure similar to registering a birth or death.