Parental notice statutes: permissible state regulation of a minor's abortion decision.

The Squeal Rule: Statutory Resolution and Constitutional Implications-burdening the Minor's Right of Privacy

Since 1942 the United States Supreme Court has on several occasions considered individual rights related to sexual activity, and the extent to which the government permissibly may infringe these rights.' The individual's rights to make personal decisions regarding abortion and contraception free from governmental intrusion derive from a broader and more fundamental right of privacy 2 that the C...

Juvenile privacy: a minor's right of access to contraceptives.

This note traces the historical development of an adult’s right to privacy, explore and evaluate the minor’s right of access to contraceptives, and focus on parental involvement in a minor’s personal decisions regarding abortion and contraceptives.

Ohio v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health.

Ohio law made it a crime for a physician to perform an abortion on an unmarried, unemancipated, minor woman unless one parent is notified or a court authorizes the abortion on the minor's showing that she is sufficiently mature to make the decision herself; that she has been physically, emotionally, or sexually abused by one parent; or that notice is not in her best interests. The plaintiffs, ...

Parents, judges, and a minor's abortion decisions: third party participation and the evolution of a judicial alternative.

The right of a husband or a minor's parent to participate in the abortion decision.