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Article: PARENTAL-CONSENT ABORTION LAW OVERTURNED.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- August 6, 1997
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Byline: WILLIAM BOOTH Washington Post
LOS ANGELES -- Citing a teenager's right to privacy, the California Supreme Court Tuesday overturned the law here that requires minors to get parental consent or a judge's approval before having an abortion.
The so-called parental consent law, which was passed by the California legislature in 1987, generally has not been enforced as it wound its way through the courts. But it has been a lightning rod in both the abortion battle and the debate over the role of the courts in countering legislative actions.
A number of other states have laws requiring parental consent for abortions for minors and they have ...