Supreme Court of Florida

The Parental Notice of Abortion Act, section 390.01115, Florida Statutes, requiring a minor to meet certain requirements prior to undergoing an abortion, is unconstitutional in light of the legislature's disparate treatment of minors in other similar statutes.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/10/2003
• Published 07/10/2003

Judges

• SHAW, Senior Justice.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard E. Johnson, Tallahassee, FL;  Bebe J. Anderson, Julie Rikelman, and Jody Ratner, The Center for Reproductive Law & Policy, New York, NY;  and Dara Klassel, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., New York, NY, for Petitioners., Carol J. Banta and Heath A. Jones of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, for Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health and Society For Adolescent Medicine, Amici Curiae., Randall C. Marshall, Miami, Florida;  and Julie Sternberg and Louise Melling, New York, NY, for The American Civil Liberties Union, The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, and The Women's Law Project, Amicus Curiae., Stephen C. Emmanuel and John Beranek of Ausley & McMullen, Tallahassee, FL;  and Thomas A. Horkan, Jr. and Victoria H. Erquiaga, Tallahassee, FL, for The Florida Catholic Conference, Amicus Curiae., Mathew D. Staver and Erik W. Stanley, Liberty Counsel, Longwood, FL;  and Teresa Stanton Collett, Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law, Houston, TX, for The Christian Medical Association, Catholic Medical Association and American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians/Gynecologists, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and John J. Rimes, III, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondents.