Plano, TX- Liberty Legal Institute (LLI) filed a brief today on behalf of a father and his daughter in the U.S. Supreme Court case Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, et al.
The father petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the lower court ruling, which struck down the parental notification law. His mentally challenged daughter was the victim of repeated sexual abuse and coerced abortions. Neither of the young girl’s parents were informed of the coerced abortions, since there was no notification law to protect them and their daughter.
“Parents have a fundamental right to at least be notified when their daughter is involved in a major medical procedure,” said Jonathan Saenz, staff attorney for Liberty Legal Institute.
The case, Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, et al, originated when a group of abortion providers challenged a New Hampshire parental notification law approximately one month before it went into effect. This case has been accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court.
“Parental notification protects young girls from child sex predators, who conceal their heinous crimes by forcing girls to have an abortion,” said Kelly Shackelford, chief counsel for Liberty Legal Institute. “These attempts to thwart that protection are disgraceful,” he added.
In the brief filed today, the father argued that lack of parental notification allows child predators to prey on minors. In addition, it stated that an overwhelming majority of Americans favor parental notification laws, and the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld similar statutes in the past.
“It is outrageous that because of an activist judge, a parent in New Hampshire has to consent in person for a minor to use a tanning bed, but a minor can have a major medical procedure without even a whisper to her parent,” Saenz said.