Late last month, Townhall reported how the United States Supreme Court handed down the decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, a groundbreaking case surrounding parental rights.
The court ruled 6-3 in favor of parents who wish to withdraw their children from “woke” LGBTQ+ lessons in schools. This decision will shape the future about fundamental parental rights in public education in the United States.
Last week, another parental rights case made its way to the high court. This case was rebuffed.
The Supreme Court will not hear a case seeking to revive a law in Montana that required parental consent for minors seeking abortions.
Montana state officials reportedly said in their petition that parents have a right to be informed about the medical decisions involving their children. This right, they argued, outweigh the “right to privacy” that a minor has if she wants to obtain an abortion.
This parental consent law was passed in 2013 but never took effect due to litigation. The state Supreme Court struck it down last year, instigating a legal battle that made its way to Washington, D.C. (via The Hill):
Montana officials in their petition said parents have a right to be informed of and participate in their children’s medical decisions, including abortion. They argued the state Supreme Court decision “watered down” those rights, which have been recognized under the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment.
Conservative justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas wrote that the denial was based on technicalities, rather than the merits of the parental rights argument.
The case “provides a poor vehicle for deciding that question. It is therefore especially important that the denial of review is not read by interested parties or other courts as a rejection of the argument that the petition asks us to decide,” the justices wrote.
Many states require parental consent for minors to obtain an abortion. Of course, far-left organizations like Planned Parenthood have pushed back on this, including in this particular case in Montana.