Cincinnati Women's Services, Inc. v. Taft
United States Appeals Court for the Sixth Circuit
468 F.3d 361 (2006)
Relevant factsFree
Ohio's parental-consent abortion law let minors seek judicial bypass by showing sufficient maturity or that the abortion served their best interests, but a 1998 amendment barred filing more than one bypass petition per pregnancy, aimed at preventing judge-shopping. Cincinnati Women's Services (plaintiff) sued Ohio (defendant) to overturn the one-petition limit; the trial court upheld it, and CWS appealed.
IssueFree
Whether a state law prohibiting a minor from filing more than one judicial-bypass petition per pregnancy for a non-consensual abortion is constitutional.