Legal Opinion

Opinion No.

Arkansas Attorney General Reports

Decided January 19, 1990Published

1Opinion of the Court

The Honorable Jim Lendall State Representative 10625 Legion Hut Road Mabelvale, AR 72103

Dear Representative Lendall:

This is in response to your request for an opinion concerning Act 270 of 1989, codified at A.C.A. 20-16-801 et seq. (Supp. 1989), which requires parental notification in the event a minor seeks to obtain an abortion in Arkansas. Your specific question involves a construction of A.C.A. 20-16-804, which provides in pertinent part as follows:

Notwithstanding the provisions of 20-16-801 and 20-16-803, [the provisions requiring parental notification] if a pregnant minor or incompetent…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Bellotti v. BairdSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Bolden v. WattSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1986
  3. Love v. HillSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
  4. State v. MartinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1895
  5. Akron Center for Reproductive Health v. RosenDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1986

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