Post by Logan on Jun 5, 2016 23:09:42 GMT -6
How Have Young Women Been Affected by Texas’ 6-Month-Old Abortion Restrictions?
From KUT:
It’s been six months since a law went into effect that changes the rules for judicial bypasses – that’s when a judge allows a minor to have an abortion without getting consent or notifying an adult – took effect. These bypasses are mostly sought by young women who fear abuse or can’t locate a parent or guardian. Advocates say this legal tool is vital to the young women who use it. But, since a law passed last year, it’s been harder than ever to get them.
Susan Hays is the legal director of Jane’s Due Process, an organization that gets its name from the pseudonym commonly used to refer to the girls seeking judicial bypasses. Since 2000, Hays has helped countless “Janes,” but, after House Bill 3994 was passed last year, things are pretty different.
“But, in a lot of sort of small ways,” Hays said. “And we are finding out there six months later is that it wasn’t the legal changes that were mattering to the Janes. It’s that things were stirred up politically.”
Hays said the anti-abortion movement has a lot of power right now, and that is affecting how judges rule. In fact, some judges are campaigning on this issue.
Read more: www.texasstandard.org/stories/how-have-young-women-been-affected-by-texas-6-month-old-abortion-restrictions/
From KUT:
It’s been six months since a law went into effect that changes the rules for judicial bypasses – that’s when a judge allows a minor to have an abortion without getting consent or notifying an adult – took effect. These bypasses are mostly sought by young women who fear abuse or can’t locate a parent or guardian. Advocates say this legal tool is vital to the young women who use it. But, since a law passed last year, it’s been harder than ever to get them.
Susan Hays is the legal director of Jane’s Due Process, an organization that gets its name from the pseudonym commonly used to refer to the girls seeking judicial bypasses. Since 2000, Hays has helped countless “Janes,” but, after House Bill 3994 was passed last year, things are pretty different.
“But, in a lot of sort of small ways,” Hays said. “And we are finding out there six months later is that it wasn’t the legal changes that were mattering to the Janes. It’s that things were stirred up politically.”
Hays said the anti-abortion movement has a lot of power right now, and that is affecting how judges rule. In fact, some judges are campaigning on this issue.
Read more: www.texasstandard.org/stories/how-have-young-women-been-affected-by-texas-6-month-old-abortion-restrictions/