Judicial waivers of parental consent for abortion: Tennessee's troubles putting policy into practice

Law and Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 399-428

  Silverstein, Helena ^a   Fishman, Wayne ^b   Francis, Emily ^c   Speitel, Leanne ^d  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Arnold and Porter LLP ^*

^c Arnold and Porter LLP   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 27844569955     PISSN: 02658240     EISSN: 14679930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9930.2005.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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