FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Barbara Pariente, a former chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court, said Tuesday that one of the current justices, Charles Canady, should recuse himself from the case before the court that will decide if state efforts to sharply reduce access to abortion are constitutional.
Canady has a long and deep record of opposition to abortion, dating back to his time in the state Legislature and Congress. But that’s not why Pariente, and some others in the legal world, think Canady ought to step aside.
The reason is the work of his spouse, state Rep. Jennifer Canady, a Lakeland Republican who is co-sponsor of the new state law that would ban virtually all abortions in Florida.
