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In some states' laws, consent does play a role, but in a limited manner or in exceptional circumstances, so that in the end the legislation remains coercion-based. Indiana: The Indiana Code does not define consent (§35-31.5-2). Consent only comes up in situations where the other person is deemed incapable of consenting (§35-42-4-1 to 14 ...
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.
These actions are not explicitly defined by the law as indicators of consent; [14] however, the court may come to the conclusion that these actions in some way implied consent, as has often been the result in non-stranger rape cases. [14] Implied consent may also be used as a defense in the case of violent stranger rape. [13]
The foremost source of state law is the Constitution of Virginia. It provides the process for enacting all state legislation, as well as defining the powers of the state government and the basic rights of the people of Virginia. The Virginia Constitution has had six major revisions, as well as many amendments.
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The Repeal Act (HB 2491) was a 2019 bill proposed in Virginia by Delegate Kathy Tran that would have repealed some of the state's restrictions on abortion.The bill would have reduced the number of physicians required to approve a third-term abortion (from three to one), and lowered the threshold for that approval to the requirement that there be a medical reason for the abortion, from the ...
A Virginia obstetrician-gynecologist was arrested for allegedly tying patients' fallopian tubes and performing unneeded hysterectomies without their knowledge or consent, according to federal ...
This thorough approval process resulted in a significant decrease in the number of abortions performed at the hospital. In a landmark 1975 case, Bigelow v. Virginia, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a pivotal ruling that declared state bans on abortion clinics advertising their services unconstitutional. This decision marked a turning point ...