Planned Parenthood Ass'n of the Atlanta Area, Inc. v. Miller

TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:

Plaintiffs in this case, an abortion counseling facility, an abortion provider,1 and a physician, challenge the constitutionality of the Georgia Parental Notification Act, Ga.Code Ann. §§ 15-11-110 to -118 (1990) — an act compelling persons, under threat of criminal sanctions, to notify an unemancipated minor’s parent or guardian before performing an abortion on her.2

*1464The Georgia legislature enacted its first parental notice law on April 14, 1987. See Parental Notification Act, 1987 Ga. Laws 1013. This act required a pregnant minor to notify a parent or guardian before…