Woman Convicted In Abortion Case

A woman who drove a 13-year-old girl across state lines to avoid Pennsylvania’s tough abortion laws was convicted Tuesday on a charge that could put her in jail for seven years.

The prosecutor rejected the claim by abortion rights activists that the case was a historic challenge to the rights of women.

“We never considered this case to be a challenge to abortion rights,” said District Attorney Max Little. “We considered it to be about the rights of a parent.”

A jury found Rosa Hartford guilty of interfering with the custody of a minor when she drove the teen, who had been impregnated by her stepson, to an abortion clinic in New York, where abortion laws are less restrictive.