IN RE DOE

No. 1 AB.

33 A.3d 615 (2011)

In the Interest of Jane DOE, a Minor. Appeal of Jane Doe.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 22, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick N. Frank , Frank, Gale, Bails, Murcko & Gubinsky, P.C., Pittsburgh, for PG Publishing Co., Morning Call, Inc., Philadelphia Media Network, Inc., PA Newspaper Assoc., Participant.

Howard Burton Elbling , Randall H. McKinney , for Jane Doe.

Thomas W. Corbett Jr. , John G. Knorr III , Calvin Royer Koons , PA Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, for Petitioner Amicus Curiae, Attorney General of Pennsylvania.

Witold J. Walczak , American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, for Petitioner Amicus Curiae, ACLU of Pennsylvania.

Richard E. Connell , Ball, Murren & Connell, Harrisburg, for Respondent Amicus Curiae, Pennsylvania Catholic Conference.

Randall Luke Wenger , Boyle Neblett & Wenger, Camp Hill, for Respondents Amicus Curiae, Independence Law Center and PA Pro-Life Federation & PA Family Institute.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.


OPINION

Justice BAER.

Under prevailing decisions of the United States Supreme Court, the federal Constitution has protected a woman's right to choose to have an abortion before viability and to obtain the abortion without undue governmental interference. Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 93 S.Ct. 705, 35 L.Ed.2d 147 (1973). The High Court has ruled that a state may require a minor seeking an abortion to obtain the consent...

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