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Article: SUPREME COURT REFUSES TO ORDER ENFORCEMENT OF LA. ABORTION LAW.(FRONT)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- October 21, 1997
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Byline: STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday refused to reinstate a Louisiana parental-consent law struck down as an undue interference with young girls' abortion rights.
The court, by an 8-1 vote, let stand rulings that said the never-enforced 1995 law would make it too difficult for some under 18 to obtain abortions without having a parent's permission.
Those rulings were made by lower federal courts that said the law gave trial judges discretion to prevent young women from getting abortions.
Justice Antonin Scalia voted to hear the state's appeal and consider reinstating the invalidated law.
The ...