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H. L. v. MATHESON

No. 79-5903.

450 U.S. 398 (1981)

H. L. v. MATHESON, GOVERNOR OF UTAH, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 23, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Dolowitz argued the cause and filed a brief for appellant.

Paul M. Tinker, Assistant Attorney General of Utah, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief was Robert B. Hansen, Attorney General.*

CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question presented in this case is whether a state statute which requires a physician to "[n]otify, if possible," the parents of a dependent, unmarried minor girl prior to performing an abortion on the girl violates federal constitutional guarantees.

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In the spring of 1978, appellant was an unmarried 15-year-old girl living with her parents in...

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