A county court clerk in Missouri is asking the Supreme Court to throw out an appeals court decision holding a minor has a “clearly established” right to skip parental notification before asking a court to rule on whether she can have an abortion.
According to the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion rights think tank, the laws of 35 states prescribe a judicial bypass procedure in which a minor may obtain permission from a court for an abortion, but the rules from state to state vary widely.
The case is one of many now surfacing after the Supreme Court ruled this summer that there is no constitutional right to abortion….