Title: Parental Consent for Underage Abortions
Signed by Governor Butch Otter
Title: Parental Consent for Underage Abortions
Vote to pass a bill requiring parental/guardian consent before a minor can have an abortion.
- Allows abortions without parental consent to be given if decided by a judge in a court hearing requested by the minor [sec. 5]. - Exempts court records from disclosure [sec. 5]. - Requires the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the Department of Health and Welfare to maintain statistics on abortions performed on minor girls [sec. 5]. - Requires the statistics regarding the petitions and court hearings for cases to be publicly accessible [sec. 5].
Title: Parental Consent for Underage Abortions