US EditionFlorida appeals court strikes down law letting minors get an abortion without parents' consent
- A Florida appeals court ruled a law allowing minors to obtain abortions without parental consent unconstitutional on Wednesday in Tallahassee.
- The ruling followed legal challenges citing parental due-process rights and referenced the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade and a 2024 Florida Supreme Court ruling.
- The court rejected a 17-year-old’s petition to bypass parental consent, finding she lacked maturity and noting the law conflicts with constitutional parental rights protections.
- Judge Jordan Pratt stated that Florida’s judicial waiver system infringes on the parental rights of minors who are pregnant and violates due process by failing to provide parents with proper notice and an opportunity for a hearing.
- The appeals court designated the case as one involving significant public concern and anticipated that the Florida Supreme Court would examine the matter amid continuing abortion restrictions in the state.
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US: Florida Set to Trample Young People’s Rights
Click to expand Image © 2023 Rebecca Hendin for Human Rights Watch (Miami) – A devastating decision from Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeals would eliminate access to abortion care for young people unable to get written, notarized parental consent, Human Rights Watch and If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice said today. The May 14 opinion moves to strike down parts of Florida law that allow young people to petition a court for pe…
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Florida appeals court strikes down law letting minors get an abortion without parents' consent
A Florida appeals court has ruled that a state law that allows minors to get an abortion without their parents’ consent is unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of the Fifth District Court of Appeal found Wednesday that the state’s judicial waiver…
Court strikes down law allowing minors to have abortions without parental consent
TALLAHASSEE — Citing parental rights, a Florida appeals court Wednesday ruled that a law that can allow minors to have abortions without their parents’ consent is unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of the 5th District Court of Appeal, backing arguments by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, said the law violates parents’ due-process rights. The ruling came as the appeals court rejected a request by a 17-year-old girl to have an abortion …
A court strikes down a law that can allow minors to have abortions without parental consent
By Jim Saunders ©2025 The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Citing parental rights, a Florida appeals court Wednesday ruled that a law that can allow minors to have abortions without their parents’ consent is unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of the 5th District Court of Appeal, backing arguments by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, said the law violates parents’ due-process rights. The ruling came as the appeals court rejected a …
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