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NEED WE SAY MORE ?
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; I 81 PAUL LEVINE, Attorney-at-ia-
When the stalc health dep;~r~nlenr i)I>tlilt;:I ;I I'an~ilg' i
planning clinic and began gi\.ing t~ir~h controi pi\\s to 1
teenage girls - without. telling their pal.ent+ --- ihc outraged
parents sued to stop thc practice.
"The clinic is violating the parents' constrtutional
right to care for their children's welt'art~." their Iatvyer t.oltl
the judge when the case went to trial.
But the health department's lawyer ..
urguid: "hensense
- the rights of the kids come first.
11'you were the judge. ufould ~'ou f'orce the clinic to tell
parents that their minor daughters were getting birth con
trol pills?
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The parents lose. The court ruled that the clinic: did 1101
violate their constitutional rights. The jutigc noted that thy
state has an interest in the welfare 01' chil(1rcn. but htl a!so
pointed out that the parents "remain 1'retl to exercise their
traditional care, custody and control over their childre11
IILIM-O .- I!-* 1tdvr.11 r . .lt ~ tltt19. .
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Theirs was a loving and blissful
marriage. 'They adopted two
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chi\-
dren, Sandra and Ronnie, and the
mansion on Maple ilrlve in-
Rills became filled with toys an:
-laughter and a wonderful family=
>urns &-Allenw had become one of
xe leading rado programs.
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Mother Claims Abortion Issue
bPart of Girl's Ploy to Wed
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A ANA -- A 16-year-old girl who
aim her mother wants her to have an
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';ibo&n against her will has filed suit as a
ploy to get her mother's permission to get
married, the mother's lawyer charged
Friday in Superior Court.
I Pat Ronayne, attorney for Barbara
.Nort)lcutt, told Judge Robert H. Green:
'1The~daughter wants to get married. She
.has already made one mistake by getting
Northcutt from discussing the abortion
with her daughter.
Jim Gonzales, 19, who identified himself
in court papers as the father of the unborn
child, is also suing Mrs. Northcutt to, block
the abortion.
In an interview, attorney Robert Sassone
said that he was hired by the grl and her
boyfriend Monday, only hours before her
scheduled abortion.
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F i pregnant and she shouldn't be &o%ed 6 Neither of Sassone's cl~ents was ~rescnt I
ERMA BOMRECK, when asked to name
%ake a second by getting married.
-."h. Northcutt has the right to exercise
the personal j~ossession that has given
her the most value for the money, offered
this reply:
.&r duty as a mother to decide whether her
.mmor daughter can get married."
. ',.-Judge Green replied: "I assume the
'"I would have to say, my w'edding daughter could get married in some jurisring.
For years, it has done its job. It has diction that allows a 16-year-old to get
led me . . not into temptation. It has re- narrkd."
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minded my husband numeroils timcs at When Ronayne told the court he had not
parties that it's iime to go home. It has ~eccived the required legal papers from the
been q source of relief to a dinner .zirl's.
- attorney, Green continued the case
com~anion. It has been a status svmbol un -- ~i -. 1 June ---- 26.- --.
!n the materzty ward. It has rcn;lnded rct.11 ,also continued a temporary rcme
every day of the last " 30 . wars that I t r order ~ mut~d Mondav whrch
have sonleone who loves me."
I,l~cks in abortion for IK- vcar-oid CIRI hl.
-1vfl X~\I)LI III .\/IJII~~~II~I,~I/I 1,urdon. The court ordtlr prcvcnts !tr+
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at the hearing. He said the grl had gone to
Tulsa, Okla, to joln her father.
Said Sassone: "Crgi plans to stay out of
state until she gets the klnd of ruhng she
wants."
Mrs. Northcutt declined to be interviewed
outside the courtrocjrn, but her
attorney saic! she's confusc:l ahout her
daughter and "she ~usl doest;':
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unders~anci
why her daughlcr is r:olr:g !kt;:;.
Ronayne sa~d hjrs Vorrhc::!.! is opposed
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