This is absolutely heartbreaking. The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday denied an abortion to a 16-year-old in the foster care system. Nebraska has a parental consent law, and judicial bypass is allowed only if there is a medical emergency, abuse or neglect at home, or “clear and convincing evidence that the pregnant woman is both sufficiently mature and well-informed to decide whether to have an abortion.” A lower court judge denied the girl judicial bypass, telling her, “when you have the abortion it’s going to kill the child inside you.” Seriously. Then the state Supreme Court, made up of six men and one woman, upheld the ruling:

The court majority ruled that the girl, identified only as Anonymous 5, ...