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BALLARD v. ANDERSON

Docket No. L.A. 29834.

4 Cal.3d 873 (1971)

484 P.2d 1345

95 Cal. Rptr. 1

CHARLES BALLARD et al., Petitioners, v. GAIL V. ANDERSON, as Chairman, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 19, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Alan F. Charles, Paul McKaskle and Terry J. Hatter for Petitioners.

Pelavin & Jensen, Alvin H. Pelavin, Philip K. Jensen, Robert C. Selvidge, Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernest, Harriet F. Pilpel, Nancy F. Wechsler and Ruth Janes Zuckerman as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

John D. Maharg, County Counsel, Norman J. Gilbert, Assistant County Counsel, and Paul G. Seehusen, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

This is an original petition for a writ of mandate to compel the Therapeutic Abortion Committee of Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center to consider on its merits petitioner Carlos' application for a therapeutic abortion without the consent of her parents. We construe for the first time Civil Code section 34.51 to determine whether it emancipates minors for the purpose of obtaining therapeutic...

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