Legal Question in Juvenile Dependency in Missouri

abortion

in missiouri,can a parent make a 15 year old girl get a abortion?


Asked on 1/27/06, 7:53 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Anthony Smith LawSmith

Re: abortion

Probably not. If the girl is resolute, she could go to court to get a Judge to place her into the custody of the State and/or an Order of protection, preventing the parent from inflicting an abortion on her.

Your question does not provide many facts. Although there are means that a girl might use to protect her herself and her baby, one can imagine a thousand scenarios whre the girl mightr not get to the Court in time. Why would aparent force a girl to have an abortion? It is usually the other way around, where a girl has been tricked into believing an abortion will solve her problems and not harm her. Parents would wind up with a harmed daughter and a dead grandchild. Who would want that?

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Answered on 1/31/06, 1:37 pm


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