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November 23, 2010

Anchorage Daily News: Lawsuit filed challenging parent abortion notification

by Lisa Demer
Anchorage Daily News

Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and two doctors have sued the state to block a new law requiring notification of parents before their teenage daughters obtain an abortion.

Alaska voters approved the law in the August primary election. The new legal requirements are set to take effect Dec. 14. Planned Parenthood wants to prevent that from happening, saying the law violates the constitutional rights of the girls and their doctors.

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