{"id":248634,"date":"2021-07-05T12:43:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T17:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=248634"},"modified":"2021-07-02T21:53:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T02:53:41","slug":"court-appeals-strikes-alabama-safeguard-minors-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/court-appeals-strikes-alabama-safeguard-minors-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Court of Appeals strikes down Alabama safeguard protecting minors seeking abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>

A three-judge panel from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals <\/span>concurred<\/span><\/a> with a lower court\u2019s decision to strike down the Parental Consent Act in Alabama, a law that was intended to serve as a safeguard to protect minors seeking an abortion. The court decided that particular amendments to the law represented an \u201cundue burden\u201d for a \u201clarge fraction\u201d of minors attempting to get abortions without their parents\u2019 consent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

An amendment to the law allowed minors to bypass parental consent requirements, but only with a judicial bypass. What makes the proposed judicial bypass system in this law different from that of other states is that there would have been a more <\/span>rigorous<\/span><\/a> examination of the minor\u2019s ability to make mature decisions and act in her own best interest, with the possibility for the District Attorney to cross-examine the minor and subpoena witnesses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There was also a provision for legal representation of the preborn child’s interests at the hearing. This representative would have the ability to cross-examine the child’s mother, as well as any witnesses, and to subpoena his or her own witnesses. The mother, preborn child, and District Attorney would all have the privilege of appealing any decision the court might make. The State Legislature\u2019s stated <\/span>motivation<\/span><\/a> behind this amendment was that Alabama’s interest is “to not only . . . protect the rights of the minor mother, but also to protect the state’s public policy to protect unborn life.”<\/span><\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Rusty dilators and improper sanitizing procedures found at Alabama abortion business<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The ACLU <\/span>hailed<\/span><\/a> the court’s decision, saying the ruling is \u201ckey to protecting young people’s access to abortion in Alabama.\u201d Alabama\u2019s Attorney General has stated his intention to appeal the decision.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sites where post-abortive women share their testimonies are replete with tales of women who had abortions as minors and have experienced lifetimes of regret. \u201c[T]he emotional scars I was left with would last a lifetime. It was not easy to just forget. I couldn\u2019t just erase it from my mind and I had no idea [the] magnitude of the decision I made all those years ago,\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>Jeanne<\/span><\/a> says.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt has now been over 20 years since my abortion,\u201d recalls <\/span>Hollie<\/span><\/a>, \u201cthere will always be a sadness inside of me in knowing what I have done, and a sense of loss[.]\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

And <\/span>Gina<\/span><\/a> laments, \u201cI was 15 when I became pregnant and convinced I could not talk to my family. I made the fatal decision to go to [P]lanned [P]arenthood on my own without any support. Oh, how I wish I would have talked to someone, anyone, about alternatives.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Alabama\u2019s law was designed to protect not only the preborn children these minors carry within them, but also the minors themselves from potentially unforeseen consequences and future regrets.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A three-judge panel from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals concurred with a lower court\u2019s decision to strike down the Parental Consent Act in Alabama, a law that was intended to serve as a safeguard to protect minors seeking an abortion. The court decided that particular amendments to the law represented an \u201cundue burden\u201d for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":788,"featured_media":191836,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[4,3473],"tags":[10563,575,695,10564,6980,5903,10565],"yoast_head":"\nCourt of Appeals strikes down Alabama safeguard protecting minors seeking abortion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Court of Appeals concurred with a lower court\u2019s decision to strike down Alabama\u2019s Parental Consent Act, intended to protect minors seeking abortion.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/court-appeals-strikes-alabama-safeguard-minors-abortion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Court of Appeals strikes down Alabama safeguard protecting minors seeking abortion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Court of Appeals concurred with a lower court\u2019s decision to strike down Alabama\u2019s Parental Consent Act, intended to protect minors seeking abortion.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/court-appeals-strikes-alabama-safeguard-minors-abortion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-05T17:43:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-07-03T02:53:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/judge-law-court-supreme.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bettina di Fiore\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bettina di Fiore\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/court-appeals-strikes-alabama-safeguard-minors-abortion\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/court-appeals-strikes-alabama-safeguard-minors-abortion\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Bettina di Fiore\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/189f8a60121ec1992ae74917a7134f0f\"},\"headline\":\"Court of Appeals strikes down Alabama safeguard protecting minors seeking abortion\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-05T17:43:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-03T02:53:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/court-appeals-strikes-alabama-safeguard-minors-abortion\/\"},\"wordCount\":485,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"11th Circuit Court of Appeals\",\"ACLU\",\"Alabama\",\"Alabama Attorney General\",\"judicial bypass\",\"minor abortion\",\"Parental Consent Act\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Issues\",\"Newsbreak\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/court-appeals-strikes-alabama-safeguard-minors-abortion\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/court-appeals-strikes-alabama-safeguard-minors-abortion\/\",\"name\":\"Court of Appeals strikes down Alabama safeguard protecting minors seeking abortion\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-05T17:43:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-03T02:53:41+00:00\",\"description\":\"A Court of Appeals concurred with a lower court\u2019s decision to strike down Alabama\u2019s Parental Consent Act, intended to protect minors seeking abortion.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/court-appeals-strikes-alabama-safeguard-minors-abortion\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/court-appeals-strikes-alabama-safeguard-minors-abortion\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/court-appeals-strikes-alabama-safeguard-minors-abortion\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Court of Appeals strikes down Alabama safeguard protecting minors seeking abortion\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Live Action News\",\"description\":\"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, & Pro-Life Issues\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Live Action\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"width\":701,\"height\":710,\"caption\":\"Live Action\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/189f8a60121ec1992ae74917a7134f0f\",\"name\":\"Bettina di Fiore\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3e31061bd16493d73f3e184e7dfec4d3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3e31061bd16493d73f3e184e7dfec4d3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Bettina di Fiore\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/bettina-di-fiore\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Court of Appeals strikes down Alabama safeguard protecting minors seeking abortion","description":"A Court of Appeals concurred with a lower court\u2019s decision to strike down Alabama\u2019s Parental Consent Act, intended to protect minors seeking abortion.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/court-appeals-strikes-alabama-safeguard-minors-abortion\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Court of Appeals strikes down Alabama safeguard protecting minors seeking abortion","og_description":"A Court of Appeals concurred with a lower court\u2019s decision to strike down Alabama\u2019s Parental Consent Act, intended to protect minors seeking abortion.","og_url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/court-appeals-strikes-alabama-safeguard-minors-abortion\/","og_site_name":"Live Action News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","article_published_time":"2021-07-05T17:43:18+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-07-03T02:53:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":650,"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/judge-law-court-supreme.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bettina di Fiore","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@liveaction","twitter_site":"@liveaction","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bettina di Fiore","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/court-appeals-strikes-alabama-safeguard-minors-abortion\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/court-appeals-strikes-alabama-safeguard-minors-abortion\/"},"author":{"name":"Bettina di Fiore","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/189f8a60121ec1992ae74917a7134f0f"},"headline":"Court of Appeals strikes down Alabama safeguard protecting minors seeking abortion","datePublished":"2021-07-05T17:43:18+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-03T02:53:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/court-appeals-strikes-alabama-safeguard-minors-abortion\/"},"wordCount":485,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"keywords":["11th Circuit Court of Appeals","ACLU","Alabama","Alabama Attorney General","judicial bypass","minor abortion","Parental Consent Act"],"articleSection":["Issues","Newsbreak"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/court-appeals-strikes-alabama-safeguard-minors-abortion\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/court-appeals-strikes-alabama-safeguard-minors-abortion\/","name":"Court of Appeals strikes down Alabama safeguard protecting minors seeking abortion","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-07-05T17:43:18+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-03T02:53:41+00:00","description":"A Court of Appeals concurred with a lower court\u2019s decision to strike down Alabama\u2019s Parental Consent Act, intended to protect minors seeking abortion.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/court-appeals-strikes-alabama-safeguard-minors-abortion\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/court-appeals-strikes-alabama-safeguard-minors-abortion\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/court-appeals-strikes-alabama-safeguard-minors-abortion\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Court of Appeals strikes down Alabama safeguard protecting minors seeking abortion"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","name":"Live Action News","description":"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, & Pro-Life Issues","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization","name":"Live Action","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","width":701,"height":710,"caption":"Live Action"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/189f8a60121ec1992ae74917a7134f0f","name":"Bettina di Fiore","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3e31061bd16493d73f3e184e7dfec4d3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3e31061bd16493d73f3e184e7dfec4d3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Bettina di Fiore"},"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/bettina-di-fiore\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248634"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/788"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248635,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248634\/revisions\/248635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}