02802nam 2200601 450 991079602170332120230721043757.01-4798-4128-510.18574/nyu/9781479841288(CKB)3790000000016340(EBL)2081631(OCoLC)913695237(MiAaPQ)EBC2081631(Au-PeEL)EBL2081631(DE-B1597)548004(DE-B1597)9781479841288(OCoLC)1058193571(EXLCZ)99379000000001634020220519d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGirls on the stand how courts fail pregnant minors /Helena SilversteinNew York ;London :New York University Press,[2007]©20071 online resource (256 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-4031-6 0-8147-4073-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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 prAbortionLaw and legislationUnited Statesalarming.inquiry.into.legal.pregnant.revelatory.teens.treatment.AbortionLaw and legislation342.73084Silverstein Helena1491067MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910796021703321Girls on the stand3712632UNINA