Justice Jackson Dissents Over End Result in Teen’s Abortion Case

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented Monday from the US Supreme Court’s decision to erase what could be seen as a pro-abortion appeals court ruling from the books.

At issue in the case was a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirming that a court clerk had to defend a lawsuit alleging that she violated a teenager’s civil rights by refusing to let her proceed with an abortion judicial bypass procedure without first notifying her parents. Judicial bypass is a way for minors to obtain a judge’s permission to have an abortion without involving her parents. ...