In re Jane Doe 13-A

At issue in this case is the parental bypass process, by which a trial court de*733termines whether the emergent maturity of a pregnant minor is sufficient for her to terminate her pregnancy without her parents being told and whether telling her parents is not in her “best interest.” Following an abbreviated but personal eye-to-eye dialogue with the minor in a private non-adversarial hearing, a trial court writes an order explaining whether it was clearly convinced by the minor’s testimony. If so, as happens in about 95% of such cases, the minor may have an abortion without the physician telling…