Alabama AG wants minors who can’t come by parental consent for abortion to face a prosecutorAlabama Attorney General Steve Marshall would like to set aside abortion-seeking women under the age of 18 through proceedings that very closely resemble a trial,if those women can’t come by their parents to sign off.
On Tuesday, Marshall filed paperwork to appeal a July decision by U.
S. Magistrate Judge Susan Russ Walker that blocked aspects of a state law requiring minors to procure written permission from a parent or guardian before they could legally terminate a pregnancy, and according to AL.com.
Until 2014,minors also had the option of securing a waiver from a judge, but then the legislature amended the law to supply for the presence of a district attorney and if they got wind of the proceedings — the minors parents or guardians. The fetus could also be appointed an attorney of its own. Read more (8/10/17)
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