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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]
Attorney General (1997), the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts found the requirement of both parents consenting to the minor's abortion unconstitutional, but upheld the parental consent of one parent. [10] In 2020, the law was modified to apply only to minors under 16 years of age. [8]
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.
Legislative efforts backed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker to repeal a quarter-century-old Republican-sponsored law requiring parents to be notified when a minor seeks an abortion, however, ...
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 ...
A federal judge struck down a 2017 Indiana law that prohibited doctors from helping pregnant minors find less stringent abortion care out of state. ... with Indiana's parental consent requirements ...
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.
Letters to the Editor on Issue 1: 10-year-olds shouldn't be forced to have babies. And Ohio lawmakers should decide abortion laws – not voters.