From an article that a reporter wrote after observing at an abortion clinic: A teenager who had an abortion had to go through a judge to bypass the law that required her to tell her parents about her pregnancy. The article says:
Getting a judicial bypass was not difficult, she said. The clinic scheduled her appointment early in the morning, and after taking a pregnancy test, for which she paid $200, she met with a judge briefly in his chambers.
According to the abortionist who performed the surgery:
“If you go to the judge and say, ‘I’m afraid to tell my parents because they might harm me,’ that’s all you need to say,” said Dr. Tom Tvedten, who has been performing abortions in Arkansas for 20 years, and now works part time at the Little Rock clinic. “It doesn’t have to be true, because how would anybody know?”
He added, “But every time a restriction is placed on us, it increases our costs, and that cost is passed on to the consumer.”
JOHN LELAND “Under Din of Abortion Debate, an Experience Shared Quietly “New York Times September 18, 2005
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