Alabama |
Consent of one parent required. Judicial bypass option available. |
Alaska |
Parental consent law enjoined or not enforced; Constitutionality of statute currently being challenged.
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Arizona |
Consent of one parent required. Judicial bypass option available. |
Arkansas |
Consent of of one parent required. Judicial bypass option available. |
California |
Parental
consent law enjoined or not enforced. |
Colorado |
Notice to one parent required. Notice can be to a grandparent or adult aunt or uncle if minor lives with that relative and not with a parent. Judicial bypass option available. |
Connecticut |
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Delaware |
Notice to one parent or grandparent or licensed health care professional
required. Judicial bypass option available. Applies to minors under 16. |
Florida |
Notice to one parent required. Judicial bypass option available. Constitutionality of statute currently being challenged. |
Georgia |
Notice to one parent required. Judicial bypass option available. |
Hawaii |
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Idaho |
Parental consent law enjoined or not enforced. |
Illinois |
Parental
notification law enjoined or not enforced. |
Indiana |
Consent of one parent required. Judicial bypass option available. |
Iowa |
Notice to one parent, or to grandparent if reason given to physician, required.
Judicial bypass option available. |
Kansas |
Notice to one parent required. Judicial bypass option available. |
Kentucky |
Consent of one parent required. Judicial bypass option available. |
Louisiana |
Consent of one parent required. Judicial bypass option available. |
Maine |
Consent of one parent or adult family member
required, unless minor receives specified counseling. Judicial bypass option
available. |
Maryland |
Notice to one parent required unless physician determines either: that notice
may lead to physical or emotional abuse, that the minor is mature and capable
of giving informed consent, or that notice would not be in the minor's best
interest. |
Massachusetts |
Consent of one parent required. Judicial bypass option available. |
Michigan |
Consent of one parent required. Judicial bypass option available. |
Minnesota |
Notice to two parents required. Judicial bypass option available. |
Mississippi |
Consent of two parents required. Judicial bypass option available. |
Missouri |
Consent of one parent required. Judicial bypass option available. |
Montana |
Parental
notification law enjoined or not enforced. |
Nebraska |
Notice to one parent required. Judicial bypass option available. |
Nevada |
Parental
notification law enjoined or not enforced. |
New
Hampshire |
Parental notification law enjoined or not enforced. Constitutionality of statute currently being challenged.
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New
Jersey |
Parental
notification law enjoined or not enforced. |
New
Mexico |
Parental
consent law enjoined or not enforced. |
New
York |
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North
Carolina |
Consent of one parent, or a grandparent with whom the minor has lived for
6 months, required. Judicial bypass option available. |
North
Dakota |
Consent of two parents required. Judicial bypass option available. |
Ohio |
Consent of one parent required. Judicial
bypass option available. |
Oklahoma |
Notice to one parent required. Judicial bypass option available. Constitutionality of statute currently being challenged. |
Oregon |
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Pennsylvania |
Consent of one parent required. Judicial bypass option available. |
Rhode
Island |
Consent of one parent required. Judicial bypass option available. |
South
Carolina |
Consent of one parent or grandparent required. Judicial bypass option available.Applies to minors under 17. |
South
Dakota |
Notice to one parent required. Judicial bypass option available. Applies to minors under 17. |
Tennessee |
Consent of one parent required. Judicial bypass option available. |
Texas |
Consent of one parent required. Judicial bypass option available. |
Utah |
If possible, notice to two parents is required. No judicial bypass option available. |
Vermont |
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Virginia |
Consent of one parent required. Judicial bypass option available.
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Washington |
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West
Virginia |
Notice to one parent required unless physician determines that the minor is mature enough to make the decision independently or that notification would not be in the minor's best interest. Judicial bypass option available. |
Wisconsin |
Consent of one parent or adult family member required. Judicial bypass option available. |
Wyoming |
Consent of one parent required. Judicial bypass option available. |