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Supreme Court Backs Ruling Against New Hampshire Abortion Law

HeadlineJan 19, 2006

In other news, the Supreme Court issued a ruling Wednesday that backs the right for teenagers to have abortions in the case of medical emergencies. The Court backed a lower court’s ruling to reaffirm the medical emergency exception, but asked it to reconsider its decision to strike down the entirety of a New Hampshire law that failed to include it. The law requires parental notification to a girl under the age of 18 before a doctor can conduct an abortion. The ruling marked the first the Supreme Court has issued on abortion in a six years. It also marked what could be the last case for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who will be stepping down from the Court after 25 years.

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