Doe v. Uthmeier
A 17-year-old petitioned for a judicial waiver so that she may consent to an abortion without parental notification and consent. A Florida intermediate appellate court held that the judicial waiver law, which allows parental consent to be bypassed upon certain trial court findings, violates parents’ due process rights. Anticipating Florida Supreme Court review, the intermediate court certified the question of the law’s constitutionality to the state high court.
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