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Abortion law tested in Reading court hostile to battered women
Psychologist J Lenore Walker testified that Pennsylvania s provision forcing a woman to notify her husband before an abortion risks harming battered women. She warned that reporting delays and a 24 hour wait could heighten fear of violence, while noting few report sexual assaults. The suit challenges 1988 1989 provisions requiring waiting period information disclosure and spousal notification.
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Reading
U.S. District Court
Pennsylvania
J. Lenore Walker
Denver