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<p> Silverstein's research on the bypass protections written into parental notification legislation reveals how and why these protections provided for pregnant minors are subverted by clumsy bureaucratic procedures and by politically driven judicial decisions. In so doing, she brings empirical evidence, conceptual sophistication and extraordinary good sense to divisive controversies over reproductive rights, legality, and democracy. <br>

""For minors who have reason to avoid parental involvement, the Supreme Court has instituted a generally welcomed compromise that allows minors to seek authorization by a third party, usually a judge. In this groundbreaking study, Silverstein demonstrates that this compromise is fatally flawed."" Publishers Weekly ""Silverstein implements a tremendous research design that yields a very well-written book, and the resulting evidence backs up a powerful indictment of street level justice at work."" Law and Politics Book Review ""Does a terrific job of laying out how the courts have conspired to limit the abortion access of teenaged girls. The results are clear, convincing, and enraging."" New York Law Journal ""Taking on the emotionally charged issue of mandatory parental involvement in the abortion decisions of minors and judicial bypass provisions in three states, Silverstein carefully lays out and skillfully dismantles myths that sustain support for these policies. Her prose is lucid and engaging, her argument powerful and persuasive. This book is one of the best examples of a new generation of scholarship on law and legal processes."" - Austin Sarat, co-editor of From Lynch Mobs to the Killing State: Race and the Death Penalty in America ""Silverstein develops an incisive, empirically rich, and tightly reasoned case about how the beguiling 'myth of rights' props up a fatally flawed public policy for pregnant minors. This is a very original, powerful, and important book that deserves to be read by a wide audience."" - Michael McCann, co-author of Distorting the Law: Politics, Media, and the Litigation Crisis ""Silverstein's research on the bypass protections written into parental notification legislation reveals how and why these protections provided for pregnant minors are subverted by clumsy bureaucratic procedures and by politically driven judicial decisions. In so doing, she brings empirical evidence, conceptual sophistication and extraordinary good sense to divisive controversies over reproductive rights, legality, and democracy."" - Stuart Scheingold, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Washington

aSilversteinas book is a welcome addition because, rather than focusing on normative debates about abortion that almost anyone interested in the question is already familiar with, she focuses on how parental notification laws actually work on the ground. The book is judicious and moderate in tone. . . . A first-rate work of social science.a - American Prospect Online

Silverstein's research on the bypass protections written into parental notification legislation reveals how and why these protections provided for pregnant minors are subverted by clumsy bureaucratic procedures and by politically driven judicial decisions. In so doing, she brings empirical evidence, conceptual sophistication and extraordinary good sense to divisive controversies over reproductive rights, legality, and democracy. -Stuart Scheingold,Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Washington Taking on the emotionally charged issue of mandatory parental involvement in the abortion decisions of minors and judicial bypass provisions in three states, Silverstein carefully lays out and skillfully dismantles myths that sustain support for these policies. Her prose is lucid and engaging, her argument powerful and persuasive. This book is one of the best examples of a new generation of scholarship on law and legal processes. -Austin Sarat, co-editor of From Lynch Mobs to the Killing State: Race and the Death Penalty in America Silverstein-s book is a welcome addition because, rather than focusing on normative debates about abortion that almost anyone interested in the question is already familiar with, she focuses on how parental notification laws actually work on the ground. The book is judicious and moderate in tone... A first-rate work of social science. -American Prospect Online A valuable contribution to feminist discussions of reproductive politics and the law. -NWSA Journal Silverstein implements a tremendous research design that yields a very well-written book, and the resulting evidence backs up a powerful indictment of street level justice at work. -Law and Politics Book Review Girls on the Stand brings a much-needed evidence-based orientation to a debate that is too often characterized by appeals to raw emotion. -Political Science Quarterly Highly recommended. -Choice Helena Silverstein's important research reveals a court system that all too often fails the most vulnerable teenagers. -Louise Melling,Director of the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project Does a terrific job of laying out how the courts have conspired to limit the abortion access of teenage girls. The results are clear, convincing and enraging... Silverstein has broken the silence on judicial bypass. It is now up to the rest of us to take action. -New York Law Journal Does a terrific job of laying out how the courts have conspired to limit the abortion access of teenaged girls. The results are clear, convincing, and enraging. How we-and the lawmakers who represent us-respond will indicate whether the pro-choice community has the wherewithal to fight back and defend Roe. Helena Silverstein has broken the silence on judicial bypass. It is now up to the rest of us to take action. -Z Magazine In the wake of the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, many states tested Roe by placing restrictions on abortion rights. Most states now have parental consent laws for women under age eighteen. For minors who have reason to avoid parental involvement, the Supreme Court has instituted a generally welcomed compromise that allows minors to seek authorization by a third party, usually a judge. In this groundbreaking study, Silverstein demonstrates that this compromise is fatally flawed... Silverstein does an excellent job of explicating the serious problems with this compromise, concluding that it is rooted in the myth that judges can be relied on to be unbiased... Silverstein has produced an important contribution to women's studies and legal practice and theory. -Publishers Weekly Silverstein develops an incisive, empirically rich, and tightly reasoned case about how the beguiling 'myth of rights' props up a fatally flawed public policy for pregnant minors. This is a very original, powerful, and important book that deserves to be read by a wide audience. -Michael McCann,co-author of Distorting the Law: Politics, Media, and the Litigation Crisis Ambitiously takes aim at one of the few abortion policies about which there is widespread agreement: parental involvement laws. -Political Science Quarterly

<p> Does a terrific job of laying out how the courts have conspired to limit the abortion access of teenaged girls. The results are clear, convincing, and enraging. How we--and the lawmakers who represent us--respond will indicate whether the pro-choice community has the wherewithal to fight back and defend Roe. Helena Silverstein has broken the silence on judicial bypass. It is now up to the rest of us to take action. <br>- Z Magazine ,

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Helena Silverstein is professor of government and law at Lafayette College. She is the author of Unleashing Rights: Law, Meaning, and the Animal Rights Movement.

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