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88 Iowa L. Rev. 75 (2002-2003)
Honey, I Have No Idea: Court Readiness to Handle Petitions to Waive Parental Consent for Abortion

handle is hein.journals/ilr88 and id is 87 raw text is: Honey, I Have No Idea: Court Readiness to Handle Petitions to Waive Parental Consent for Abortion Helena Silverstein* and Leanne Speitel** I. PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT MANDATES AND THE ALABAMA PARENTAL CONSENT STATUTE ............................................................. 77 A. STATE REGULATIONS GOVERNING TEEN ABORTIONS ....................... 77 B. CONSTTUTIONAL PRECEDENT ....................................................... 79 C. THE LA WIN ALABAMA ................................................................. 83 II. ALABAMAJUVENILE COURT RESPONSES TO WAIVER INQUIRIES ......... 85 A. M ETHODOLOGY .......................................................................... 85 B. DEFINING PREPAREDNESS TO HANDLE WAIVER INQUIRIES ................ 88 C. PREPARED COURTS ................................................................... 90 D. ILL-PRE PARED COURTS ................................................................ 95 E. UNWILLING COURTS ........................................................................ 102 F. OTHER COURT RESPONSES ............................................................... 105 G. SUMMARY OF RESPONSES .................................................................. 106 III. EVALUATING COURT RESPONSES ........................................................... 107 A. FAILURE TO PROTECT THE STATUTORYAND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF M INORS ......................................................................... 107 B. D ETERRENCE ................................................................................... 111 IV . C O N CLUSIO N ........................................................................................ 116 * Associate Professor, Department of Government and Law, Lafayette College. B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1983; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1992. ** B.A., Philosophy, Lafayette College, 2002. The authors extend their thanks to Wayne Fishman for his conceptual and editorial advice, and for his unceasing encouragement.

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