Opinion
There were five votes for each of two holdings. O'Connor, Stevens, Brennan, Marshall, and Blackmun formed a majority holding that the two-parent notice requirement was unconstitutional. O'Connor joined the Court's conservatives, however, to form a majority for the law being valid with the judicial bypass.
This case involved the first restriction on abortion that O'Connor voted to strike down.
Read more about this topic: Hodgson V. Minnesota
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