Missouri County Clerk Wants Do-Over in Parental Notification Row

A Missouri county court clerk asked the full Eighth Circuit to decide if she must face a suit alleging she unlawfully blocked a teenager from pursuing a parental notice for abortion bypass procedure.

Whether it’s clearly established that the 14th Amendment guarantees a pregnant, unemancipated minor the right to an abortion without notifying their parents is a question of exceptional importance that should be decided by more than three judges, Michelle Chapman said in a petition asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to grant en banc review.

And it’s especially important now, given that the U.S. ...