Such a procedure is known as "judicial bypass."

"It was about 50-50 between people choosing to tell their parents and taking the judicial bypass."

The measure currently before the Legislature does not address specifics such as a judicial bypass.

That's because the judicial bypass that is a required alternative to consent is little more than a phrase.

Getting a judicial bypass was not difficult, she said.

Minnesota then asked the Supreme Court to rule that states need not provide the judicial bypass at all.

The Armstrong provision does not make available the possibility of a judicial bypass.

And third, they allow minors to acquire a judicial bypass if consent cannot be acquired.

But, unlike the Danforth case, this law allowed for judicial bypass if consent could not be acquired.

Rather than ask their permission, she applied for a judicial bypass.