Legal Opinion
In re B.S.
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided August 19, 2003No. 1 CA-JV 03-0028-ABPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TIMMER, Judge.
¶ 1 This appeal presents our first opportunity to consider the application of Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) section 36-2152(B)-(F) (2003), Arizona’s “judicial bypass” provision, which prohibits a person from performing an abortion on an unemaneipated minor without first seeming written consent from her parent, guardian, or conservator, unless the superior court authorizes the attending physician to perform the procedure.
BACKGROUND
¶2 On Friday, March 7, 2003, sixteen-year-old B.S., who believed she was eight and one-half weeks pregnant, filed a petition in the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Troxel v. GranvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. DanforthSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Bellotti v. BairdSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by1 opinion
- State v. ConsCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2004