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STATE v. KOOME

No. 42645.

84 Wn.2d 901 (1975)

530 P.2d 260

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. A. FRANS KOOME, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 7, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond J. Lee, Stanley E. Stone, P.S., and Roy Lucas, for appellant.

Christopher T. Bayley, Prosecuting Attorney, and Sharon A. Finegold, Deputy, for respondent.

Judith S. Dubester and Marjorie Singer, amici curiae, on behalf of Abortion Action Coalition of Women; Frederick L. Noland, amicus curiae, on behalf of American Civil Liberties Union; William H. Gates, amicus curiae, on behalf of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.

UTTER, J.

Appellant, Dr. A. Frans Koome, was charged with performing an abortion on an unmarried minor woman without first obtaining the consent of her parents as required in RCW 9.02.070(a). His sole defense at trial was that the statute, insofar as it gives parents or guardians the unlimited power to overrule their daughter's decision to have a legal abortion, is unconstitutional. The trial court rejected that claim. We reverse.

In July 1972, a young woman...

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