Baird v. Bellotti

After the first trial the majority of this three-judge court held Mass.G.L. c. 112, § 12P unconstitutional because of its requirement of parental consent to a minor’s abortion and permanently enjoined the defendants from enforcing it “in any fashion.”

I dissented. The majority and dissenting opinions are reported in 393 F.Supp. 847, at pages 849 and 857 respectively.

The defendants appealed. The Supreme Court vacated the judgment of the District Court and remanded the cases 1 for proceedings consistent with the Supreme Court’s opinion holding that the District Court should have certified to the…