LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska investigation has found that 15 out of 25 counties aren’t following state law for minors seeking an abortion.
Nebraska law requires a minor seeking an abortion to either have parental consent or court permission. It also requires counties to display forms a minor would need to petition the court for permission to have an abortion, to help minors complete the petition and to be able to answer questions about the process.
The ACLU says the counties didn’t have the forms on display and that officials in some of the counties didn’t know what the investigator was asking about.
The counties included Adams, Box Butte, Buffalo, Cherry, Cheyenne, Dodge, Lancaster, Garden, Otoe, Sarpy, Saunders, Scotts Bluff, Seward, Washington and York.