{"id":223504,"date":"2020-05-16T15:45:18","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T20:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=223504"},"modified":"2020-05-18T18:33:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T23:33:31","slug":"attorney-minors-abortions-planned-parenthood-uber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/attorney-minors-abortions-planned-parenthood-uber\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney who helps minors get abortions says Planned Parenthood pays Uber to secretly pick them up"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An attorney who helps minors to obtain abortions via the judicial bypass process has claimed that Planned Parenthood pays for Uber to transport teens for abortion procedures without parental knowledge.<\/p>\n

In a video interview<\/a> with Progressive Massachusetts<\/a>\u00a0in April, attorney Christine Bonardi\u00a0told interviewer\u00a0Jonathan Cohn that she feels laws requiring parental consent or notification before a minor obtains an abortion is “part of the patriarchal society that we live in that women do not have the ability\u2014no matter how old they are\u2014to make decisions on their own about their own healthcare.” Bonardi claims she is usually contacted by Planned Parenthood by text when a minor is seeking an abortion\u00a0but must wait until the minor contacts her personally before she can assist the minor in obtaining a judicial bypass. A “judicial bypass” is an order from a judge stating that a minor may obtain an abortion for herself without adhering to a state’s laws mandating parental involvement.<\/p>\n

“It’s a very difficult process, arranging a lot of schedules; a lot of moving parts,” Bonardi told Cohn,\u00a0describing the judicial bypass process as a “negative” for minors.<\/p>\n