Yasa's mother had noticed her son's absence, and notified her husband, who sent horsemen in four directions to search for Yasa.

Many states tried to enforce laws requiring a woman having an abortion to notify her husband, or, in some cases, get his consent.

Judge Greene struck down the Utah law's provision that a doctor notify a woman's husband she was to have an abortion.

Likewise, some believe that notifying the woman's husband should be required because of parental rights.

The blocked sections related to a woman notifying her husband of her intention to have an abortion.

She left Mannheim around dawn and reached Pforzheim somewhat after dusk, notifying her husband of her successful journey by telegram.

As Alito ruled, it's not an undue burden for a wife to notify her husband before an abortion.

She filed a court document seeking to waive the requirements that she notify her husband of their children's whereabouts.

The majority opinion in the case struck down a law requiring a married woman to notify her husband before having an abortion.

Further, he said, the law would be "difficult to enforce and easy to evade," because it required no proof beyond a woman's word that she had notified her husband.