Judging teenagers: how minors fare when they seek court-authorized abortions.
Judging teenagers: how minors fare when they seek court-authorized abortions.
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评判青少年：未成年人寻求法院批准的堕胎时的表现如何。
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1983
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P. Donovan
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司法绕过法律，即要求寻求堕胎的未婚未成年人必须通知父母或征得父母同意的法律，其通过的想法是鼓励家庭沟通。然而，在许多美国家庭中，家庭沟通并不受到鼓励。很多未成年人觉得自己做不到这一点。他们经常生活在艰难动荡的家庭环境中。许多法官认为，在这种情况下，强迫女孩在堕胎前出庭是没有好处的。许多人认为，这些法律使青少年更难获得堕胎。这就是这些法律的发起人所想的。许多青少年不得不长途跋涉才能到达球场。法院晚上或周末不开放。总的来说，上法庭的是16岁和17岁的年轻人。更年轻的青少年更有可能咨询他们的父母。在马萨诸塞州，从1981年4月23日--堕胎同意法生效的那一天--到1983年9月中旬，1571名未成年人告上了法庭。在波士顿萨福克县高等法院审理的563份请愿书中，297份(53%)是由17岁的人提交的，76份(31%)是由16岁的人提交的。在明尼苏达州，1981年8月1日至1983年8月31日期间，有1478名未成年人上了法庭。明尼阿波利斯少年法庭审理了974份请愿书，其中527份(54%)由17岁的青少年提交，326份(33%)由16岁的青少年提交。在明尼阿波利斯-圣彼得堡。保罗地区，上法庭的未成年人大多是白人，而且是中上层阶级。在明尼苏达州、马萨诸塞州和罗德岛州，听证会需要等待2-4天。少数民族、贫困和农村未成年人被剥夺了上法庭的选择。
Judicial bypass laws, laws that say that an unmarried minor who seeks an abortion is required to notify or obtain consent of their parents, were passed with the idea of encouraging family communication. However, family communication is not being encouraged in many United States families. Many minors feel that they cannot do this. They are often living in a difficult tumultuous family situation. Many judges believe that, when this is the case, forcing the girl to appear in court before she can have an abortion does no good. Many people believe that these laws have made it harder for teenagers to obtain abortions. This is what the sponsors of these laws had in mind. Many teenagers have to travel long distances to get to court. Courts are not open evenings or weekends. On the whole, it is the 16 and 17-year-olds who go to court. Younger teenagers are more likely to consult their parents. In Massachusetts between April 23, 1981--the day the abortion consent law took effect--and mid-September, 1983, 1571 minors went to court. Of the 563 petitions heard by the Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston, 297 (53%) were filed by 17-year-olds; and 76 (31%), by 16-year-olds. In Minnesota, 1478 minors went to court between August 1, 1981 and August 31, 1983. The juvenile court in Minneapolis which heard 974 of these petitions reports that 527 (54%) were filed by 17-year-olds; and and 326 (33%) by 16-year-olds. In the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, the minors who go to court are mostly white, and middle or upper-class. In Minnesota, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island there is a 2-4 day wait for a hearing. Minority, poor, and rural minors are denied the option of going to court.