T.L.J. v. WEBSTER

Nos. 85-1969, 85-2007.

792 F.2d 734 (1986)

T.L.J., an unemancipated female minor seventeen years of age, Appellant, v. William L. WEBSTER, Attorney General, and State of Missouri, Appellees. C.L.G., an unemancipated female minor seventeen years of age, Appellant, v. William L. Webster, Attorney General, and State of Missouri, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 4, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Susman, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Jerry L. Short, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellees.

Before ARNOLD, BOWMAN and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.


ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

In these cases, the plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of a Missouri statute, Missouri Rev.Stat. § 188.028, which regulates the performance of abortions on women who are under the age of eighteen. Although the United States Supreme Court upheld the statute in Planned Parenthood Association of Kansas City, Missouri, Inc. v. Ashcroft, 462 U.S. 476, 103 S.Ct. 2517, 76 L.Ed.2d 733 (1983), the plaintiffs...

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