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A Miami judge has ruled a mentally disabled rape victim should have an abortion because the pregnancy could be life-threatening. The woman, whose identity is not being revealed, is mentally retarded with the cognitive abilities of a 4-year-old, deaf, prone to having seizures and has a shunt in her brain to drain excess fluid. Police believe the woman was raped, and likely more than once. Medical experts say carrying the pregnancy to full-term would be dangerous for her and may result in the baby being deformed. The mother of the woman asked for the pregnancy to be terminated. Doctors at Jackson Memorial Hospital scheduled an abortion for last week, but chose not to perform it because the baby appeared to be developing normally and there was no medical reason to terminate the pregnancy. Yesterday, the woman's newly appointed guardians asked the court to decide the fate of the 23-week-old unborn baby. In a brief order issued, Rothenberg agreed to the abortion and also ordered the 28-year-old woman to undergo a tubal ligation to prevent future pregnancies...
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