Should Abortion Rights Be Restricted? | Parental-Involvement Laws Violate Women’s Rights
Amy Bach is a clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Miami, Florida.
Summary: A 1992 Supreme Court decision mandated that a state may require a young woman under the age of eighteen to either obtain her parents’ consent to have an abortion or the consent of a judge. Most states have since enacted a parental-involvement law, and these laws have made it extremely difficult for a young woman to exercise her right to choose an abortion. In many cases, young women face staunchly pro-life judges, some of whom appoint an attorney to...
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