Case Name: In re Application of Jane DOE
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1981-12-10
Citations: 407 So. 2d 1190
Docket Number: No. 81-0-3137
Parties: In re Application of Jane DOE.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 407
Pages: 1190–1190

Head Matter:
In re Application of Jane DOE.
No. 81-0-3137.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Dec. 10, 1981.
Samuel B. Stephens, Gretna, for plaintiff-applicant.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Warren E. Mouledoux, First Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The judgment of the trial court is reversed.
The trial court ruled that the statute, La.R.S. 40:1299.35.5, is unconstitutional solely because it provided an alternate procedure whereby authorization for an abortion can be obtained by a minor without parental consent. The trial court was clearly wrong. As the United States Supreme Court concluded in Bellotti v. Baird, 443 U.S. 622, 643, 99 S.Ct. 3035, 3047, 61 L.Ed.2d 797 (1979) "if the state decides to require a pregnant minor to obtain one or both parents' consent to an abortion, it must also provide an alternate procedure whereby authorization for the abortion can be obtained."
Remanded to the Juvenile Court for the Parish of Jefferson for further proceedings.