Showing posts with label Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Show all posts

Monday, November 2, 2009

Driving That Train: Casey's "Undue Burden" - Better Tell Your Folks!!

It's not like Illinois is behind the times or anything-- the General Assembly finally got around to incorporating the Court's Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992) ruling into it's abortion notification law. Casey (and its later progeny) held in part that a State can require minors who seek abortions to give their parents notice of their intent, or, if that would be an "undue burden" on the minor (e.g., due to a terribly abusive home), then the minor would have to petition a court for a "judicial bypass."