“Because minors are often vulnerable in the sense that they can’t vote, they often don’t have voices at the legislature, it will continue to be that anti-abortion lawmakers try to attack judicial bypass,” she said.īut the same reasoning behind why minors can’t vote is the same reasoning that says abortion without parental consent or knowledge is a bad idea. She said that since teens can’t vote, they don’t have the ability to stand up to legislators. She’s concerned that teens in pro-life states will have to get to pro-abortion states without parental consent laws in order to undergo abortions. They have to explain missing school, missing work, being away from home for a day or two,” says Rosann Mariappuram, executive director of Jane’s Due Process, an organization that helps teenagers navigate judicial bypass and travel across state lines for secret abortions. “Teens can’t travel as easily as adults can, especially if they’re keeping their pregnancy confidential. In reality, the end of judicial bypass laws for abortion would be a good thing. A recent article from NPR laments that judicial bypass laws allowing teens to get abortions without their parents’ knowledge or consent may “disappear completely” in pro-life states if Roe v.