Supreme Court Asked to Consider Missouri Minor’s Abortion Rights

A Missouri court clerk is asking the US Supreme Court to vacate an appeals court decision that rests on the premise that a minor has a “clearly established” right not to notify her parents before requesting a court hearing to determine if she can have an abortion.

A split US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that Michelle Chapman must go to trial on Jane Doe’s claim that Chapman violated her civil rights by insisting that the then-teenager’s parents be told before accepting her request for a judicial bypass procedure that would allow Doe to have an abortion ...