Sec. 1. 4 MRSA §152, sub-§8, as amended by PL 1999, c. 547, Pt. B, §5 and affected by §80, is further amended to read:

8. Consent to minor's abortion. Original jurisdiction, concurrent with that of the Probate Court, to grant equitable relief in proceedings brought under Title 22, section 1597-A 14, chapter 751;

Sec. 2. 14 MRSA c. 751 is enacted to read:

CHAPTER 751

JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ABORTION FOR MINORS

§8401.__Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

1.__Parent.__"Parent" means one of a pregnant woman's parents or a guardian or custodian.

2.__Petitioner. "Petitioner" means a pregnant woman filing a petition under section 8402.

3.__Physician.__"Physician" means a person licensed under Title 32, chapter 36 or 48 to practice medicine in the State as a medical or osteopathic physician.

4.__Trial court.__"Trial court" means a District Court in whose district a pregnant woman has her residence, a District Court in whose district a hospital, clinic or other facility in which an abortion would be performed or induced is located, a Probate Court in whose county a pregnant woman has her residence or a Probate Court in whose county a hospital, clinic or other facility in which an abortion would be performed or induced is located.

5.__Unemancipated.__"Unemancipated" means a woman who is unmarried, is under 18 years of age, is not in the Armed Forces of the United States and is not employed full time and self- subsisting or otherwise independent from the care and control of her parent.

§8402.__Judicial bypass; commencement of action

1.__Petition for authorization to consent.__An unemancipated pregnant woman who wishes to have an abortion without the