Thirty-three states have some kind of law requiring parental consent or notification before an abortion can be performed on a minor. Clearly, many if not most American parents feel they should have a right to know if their child is going to end a pregnancy.
It is not an unreasonable wish nor an unreasonable requirement, and the U.S. Supreme Court has now said as much in three cases decided Monday.
The court ruled that 1) it was constitutional to require that one parent be notified unless a judge waives the mandate, 2) that it is unconstitutional to require both parents to be notified if a judicial waiver is not permitted, and 3) that it is constitutional to …
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