A county court clerk in Missouri is asking the Supreme Court to throw out an appeals court decision holding that a minor has a “clearly established” right to skip parental notification before asking a court to rule on whether she can have an abortion.
According to the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion rights think tank, the laws of 35 states prescribe a judicial bypass procedure in which a minor may obtain permission from a court for an abortion, but the rules from state to state vary widely.
