article_snippet: Consider how it applies in this case.
article_snippet: (1) that the minor is mature and well-informed enough to make the abortion decision on her own; or .
article_snippet: (2) that performance of an abortion would be in the best interest of the minor.
article_snippet: Abstract concepts like "mature" and "best interest" are rather amorphous at best.
article_snippet: A respected law professor advised many classes of students that when confronted on the bar exam with a question about a child, do the following: Write "best interest of the child" somewhere in the first sentence; then write "whatever the heck you want" for the rest of the answer.)
article_snippet: : A particular minor is too immature to have an abortion -- with the result being that this immature minor ... should therefore be ... a parent of an infant?  
article_snippet: It gets stranger: What about a finding that It is in the best interest of the young mother to have the baby, even though the young mother is deemed too immature to have an abortion?
article_snippet: How would it be in the best interest of the immature mother to have a child?
article_snippet: Whether we're considering the drinking age, the driving age or the voting age, we've learned over the centuries that kids mature at different ages.