MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has struck down an Alabama law that put minors seeking court permission for an abortion through a trial-like proceeding where the fetus could be represented by a court-appointed lawyer.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan Russ Walker sided with the American Civil Liberties Union on Friday, saying the law imposes undue burdens on girls, violating their rights to a confidential proceeding by allowing the district attorney, witnesses and others to get involved in opposing her decision.
The judge cited a prosecutor's appeal of a judge's decision this summer to allow a 12-year girl to have an abortion after being impregnated by a relative. The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled in favor of the girl.
Walker wrote she knew of no other state with such a law.
- Posted August 01, 2017
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Judge nixes Alabama law putting pregnant girls through trial
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