In her ruling, Walker said that the amendment “violates a minor’s constitutional right to an anonymous and confidential judicial bypass to Alabama’s parental consent law,” according to AL.com. In effect, the amendment Marshall is pushing would turn a hearing that already implicates the girl, her attorney and the judge into a procedure that involves not only a district attorney, but also a non-sentient plaintiff along with other outside parties. The fetus could also be appointed an attorney of its own. Until 2014, minors also had the option of securing a waiver from a judge, but then the legislature amended the law to provide for the presence of a district attorney and - if they got wind of the proceedings - the minor’s parents or guardians. Magistrate Judge Susan Russ Walker that blocked aspects of a state law requiring minors to procure written permission from a parent or guardian before they could legally terminate a pregnancy, according to AL.com. On Tuesday, Marshall filed paperwork to appeal a July decision by U.S. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall would like to put abortion-seeking women under the age of 18 through proceedings that very closely resemble a trial, if those women can’t get their parents to sign off.
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