In Re Doe 4

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in which Justice ENOCH, Justice BAKER, Justice HANKINSON, Justice O’NEILL, and Justice GONZALES joined.

This is a confidential appeal from a sealed order denying a minor’s application for a court order authorizing her to consent to an abortion without notifying either parent. See Tex. Fam.Code § 33.003. The court of appeals affirmed the trial court’s judgment denying the application. We vacate the judgments of the court of appeals and the trial court and remand to the trial court for further proceedings.

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Jane Doe is a pregnant, unemancipated minor. Doe applied to the trial court for an…