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Parental consent is required for minors, those under the age of eighteen, to receive abortion care. [42] North Carolina requires written consent from a parent or legal guardian, or for a minor to obtain a judicial bypass. [43] This law was held to be constitutional in Manning v. Hunt, 119 F.3d 254 (4th Cir. 1997). [44]
The court ruled that the parental consent provision was unconstitutional due to its universal enforcement. The ability of a minor to acquire an abortion against her parents' wishes became a recurring theme in several more cases following Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth. Bellotti v. Baird addressed a Massachusetts law that ...
Some have viewed North Carolina as one the South’s few remaining safe havens for abortion care. Now, out-of state travelers who sought abortions after 20 weeks may have to seek care elsewhere.
A 2024 Montana Supreme Court decision established that minors do not need parental consent to have an abortion, overruling a state law. [128] The Montana Supreme Court ruled in 1999 that abortion was a right implicitly granted by the state constitution. [129] Legislative initiatives were passed in hopes of challenging that ruling.
Federal Title X clinics used to provide confidential contraception to minors, but after a recent court ruling in an ongoing lawsuit, those clinics now require parental consent as well. Minors can ...
Some states do not outlaw abortion and instead require waiting periods, medically unnecessary ultrasounds, or parental consent for minors. Minors can petition a court for a judicial bypass of the ...
In around 37 states, a parental figure is required to have a say in a minor's decision related to abortion. More specifically, parental consent laws require an unmarried minor to obtain consent from a parent or judge. [77] In 27 states, one or both parents are required to give their permission to the minor.
In fact, it is the extreme abortion ban that Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law that takes away the rights of parents, as we witnessed when child victims of rape, as young as 10 years old, were not ...