Court Voids Idaho Parental Consent Law

[NashVegas]

Saturday July 17, 2004 3:16 AM

By BOB FICK

Associated Press Writer

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A federal appeals court on Friday threw out an Idaho law requiring girls under age 18 to get parental consent for abortions, ruling that its provisions on emergency abortions were too strict.

Writing for the court, Judge Marsha Berzon said there was no reasonable explanation for limiting emergency abortions without consent to ``sudden and unexpected'' instances of physical complications.

She noted that other emergency medical procedures are allowed on minors without parental permission that do not fit the ``sudden and unexpected'' category.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4319740,00.html

[Erika]

1. YES!

There are a few radical Bushies who wish contol female rights to the nth degree. This court action stops that.

[truthisfreedom]

2. "keep your laws off my body" remains intact.

solid. 8^)

[TaleWgnDg]

3. for those interesting in reading . . .

the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion written by Judge Marsha S. Berzon, the url is: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/9th/0235700p.pdf (as last visited July 17, 2004) and the case is Planned Parenthood of Utah et al v. Wasden et al, docket #02-35714

This one is a no-brainer and a total waste of taxpayer monies to continue on w/ this case. Any further appeal (to uphold this Idaho statute) is nothing more than political BS . . . but then, again, the ENTIRE case is political BS! Nothing more than pandering to the lowest IQs :tinfoilhat: in the State of Idaho.

However, part of the rightwingers agenda is to have the progressives spend money, and one way to accomplish that end is to litigate every damn issue possible . . . here, its the abortion issue yet again! This time the excuse (that's been litigated over and over and over again) is parental consent re female minor abortions. This has been resolved so damn many times by the U.S. Supreme Court that it's almost a joke . . . but the righties continue to pick their noses at this issue . . .