02935nam 22005653u 450 991048040030332120210111145124.01-4798-4128-5(CKB)3790000000016340(EBL)2081631(OCoLC)913695237(MiAaPQ)EBC2081631(Au-PeEL)EBL2081631(EXLCZ)99379000000001634020151005d2009|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGirls on the Stand[electronic resource] How Courts Fail Pregnant MinorsNYU Press20091 online resource (256 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-4031-6 0-8147-4073-1 ""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""I Parental Involvement Mandates""; ""1 A Balancing Act""; ""2 The Legal Landscape""; ""II Gaining Access to the Bypass Process""; ""3 Satisfaction""; ""4 Ignorance""; ""5 Misconduct""; ""III The Judicial Pulpit""; ""6 Judgment Day""; ""7 Facing the Fetus""; ""IV Law and Politics""; ""8 The Constitutional Fine Print""; ""9 Myth-Guided Policy""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Author"" Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2008 The U.S. Supreme Court has decided that states may require parental involvement in the abortion decisions of pregnant minors as long as minors have the opportunity to petition for a &#"bypass" of parental involvement. To date, virtually all of the 34 states that mandate parental involvement have put judges in charge of the bypass process. Individual judges are thereby responsible for deciding whether or not the minor has a legitimate basis to seek an abortion absent parental participation. In this revealing and disturbing book, Helena Silverstein prAbortion -- Law and legislation -- United StatesJudicial discretion -- United StatesJudicial process -- United StatesMinors -- United StatesTeenage mothers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United StatesTeenage pregnancy -- United StatesElectronic books.Abortion -- Law and legislation -- United States.Judicial discretion -- United States.Judicial process -- United States.Minors -- United States.Teenage mothers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.Teenage pregnancy -- United States.342.7308772Silverstein Helena964969AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910480400303321Girls on the Stand2487381UNINA