AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents,
v.
DANIEL E. LUNGREN, as Attorney General, etc., et al., Defendants and Appellants.
Supreme Court of California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 5, 1997.
August 5, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
COUNSEL
Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, Robert L. Mukai, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Charlton G. Holland III, Assistant Attorney General, Stephanie Wald and Ralph M. Johnson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Appellants.
Larry P. Arnn, Edward J. Erler, Ernest O. Vincent, Samuel B. Casey, Frank J. Fisher, Anne J. Kindt, William P. Clark, Alister McAlister, Clarke D. Forsythe, Paul Benjamin Linton, Reed & Brown, Stephen W. Reed and Michael J. Coppess as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.
Abigail English, Margaret C. Crosby, Ann Brick Carol Sobel, Morrison & Foerster, Linda E. Shostak, David G. Robertson Annette P. Carnegie and Lori A. Schechter for Plaintiffs and Respondents.
Louise H. Renne, City Attorney (San Francisco), Paula Jesson, Deputy City Attorney, Dawn M. Schock, Mary Ann Soden, Mark I. Schickman, Amitai Schwartz, Jone Lemos Jackson, Renee Nordstrand, Jean A. Martin, Jenny E. Skoble, Catherine A. Porter, Janine Reagan, Elizabeth Mohr, Elizabeth E. Bader, Gilbert Gaynor, Geraldine Jaffe, Robert F. Kane, Joseph R. Grodin, Farella, Braun & Martell, Ann G. Daniels, Jill A. Thompson, Claudia A. Lewis, Steel, Clarence & Buckley, Nanci Clarence, Martin Guggenheim, McCutchen, Doyle & Enersen, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, Leslie G. Landau, Brandt Andersson, Beth H. Parker, Hope A. Schmeltzer, Shashikala Bhat, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, Ethan P. Schulman, Lewis D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard and Paula F. Henry as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.
Supreme Court of California.
OPINION
GEORGE, C.J.
In this case we must determine the validity, under the California Constitution, of a statutory provision that requires a pregnant minor (whether just short of her 18th birthday, or several years younger) to secure parental consent or judicial authorization before she may obtain an abortion. The trial court, after a lengthy court trial, concluded that the statute was unconstitutional, and the Court of Appeal unanimously...
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