The Facts of Doe v. Smith:
In Indiana, the natural father of an unborn child sought to prevent the mother
(Smith) from aborting the child. The father and mother were not married, nor was
it suggested that they ever would. The father was able to father other children
and had other children. And the father had shown substantial instability in his
marital and romantic life. The trial court found that even when the father's and
mother's interests were balanced the mother's interests would outweigh the
father's. The father applied to an individual Justice of the US Supreme Court
for an order enjoining the mother from aborting the child.
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