 The appeals court described the law as "a permissible attempt to
help a young woman make an informed choice about whether to have an
abortion." It does not require the consent of parents but only that
they be notified beforehand. A provision also allows teenagers to
notify a judge instead.The original parental notification law was
passed in 1984, and an updated version followed in 1995. A federal
judge had ordered a ban on enforcement of the law in 2007.
[Associated Press]
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