Texas Judges and Young Teen Injuries

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Texas Pro-Life Group Blasts Judge Shopping on Parental Notification

Austin, TX -- The Texas Justice Foundation held a press conference Wednesday to criticize the judges of Travis County and Bexar County, and the Texas Department of Health, for allowing abortionists to perform abortions on teens without parental notification. Mothers of teenage girls who obtained abortions without parental notice will be present to testify how they and their children have been severely injured.

Newspaper reports reveal that Travis County and Bexar County have become havens of refuge for getting around parental notification laws.

One mother represented by the Texas Justice Foundation found out her daughter had an abortion because her daughter was cutting her stomach with razors after the abortion. No parent had been notified. Her daughter obtained a judicial bypass in Travis County on the grounds that she was "mature enough" to make the decision on her own, despite the fact that it was known by her abortionist and her court-appointed lawyer that she was being treated for depression and mental illness and was on a number of mind altering prescription psychoactive drugs.

Two or three weeks later she was placed in a mental institution as a result of her guilt and depression over her abortion. Her parents found out about the abortion during weeks of therapy and are left with over $20,000.00 in medical bills for which the parents, not the judge, abortionist, or lawyer are responsible.

A judge felt the young woman was "mature enough" to make a decision with no one representing the parents' interest before the Court..

In a San Antonio abortion clinic, a teen obtained an abortion illegally by using her boyfriend's address on her notification rather than her parents. This was made possible by the abortionist who failed to make an attempt to notify the teen's parents or demand proof of residence, as required by law.

Finally, the Texas Justice Foundation calls on the Texas Supreme Court not to adopt a one-year destruction of records policy for judicial bypass proceedings. This will destroy important evidence which could be necessary for the minors to sue the abortion providers and others who negligently failed to protect their interests. The records should be preserved until at least three years after the minor reaches majority at 18.

If you would like further information, contact the Texas Justice Foundation's Media Assistant, Queta Aguilar at 210-614-7157, ext. 203.

Texas Justice Foundation 8122 Datapoint, Suite 812 San Antonio, TX 78229
210.614.7157 210.614.6656 Fax [email protected]   
March 27, 2002


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