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Article: Florida Constitution Protects Abortion Rights, Court Rules;Parental-Consent Law for Minors Overturned
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- The Washington Post
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- October 6, 1989
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The Florida Supreme Court, overturning the state's
parental-consent law for minors seeking abortions, yesterday found
that the right to privacy outlined in the state constitution protects
a woman's decision to have an abortion.
The ruling-the first significant decision by a state court in the
wake of the Supreme Court's ruling last July cutting back abortion
rights under the U.S. Constitution-represented an important victory
for abortion-rights activists. It offers the prospect that state
courts could frustrate efforts by state legislatures to adopt
restrictive abortion laws.
The decision threw an immediate obstacle into Republican Gov. Bob
Martinez's efforts to enact stiffer regulations ...