In re Moe

*932The petitioner appealed to this court. After oral argument, we issued an order striking from the order of the Superior Court the above limitation, thus leaving to the petitioner the choice of location of the procedure. Our rescript issued immediately. The purpose of this opinion is to explain the reasons for our decision.

The statutory provisions involved in the present proceedings are found in the second paragraph of G. L. c. 112, § 12S, as appearing in St. 1980, c. 240. They read: “If a pregnant woman less than eighteen years of age has not married and ... if she elects not to seek the…