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.__Court.__"Court" means a District Court in whose district a pregnant minor has her residence, a District Court in whose district a hospital, clinic or other facility in which an abortion might be performed or induced is located, a Probate Court in whose county a pregnant minor has her residence or a Probate Court in whose county a hospital, clinic or other facility in which an abortion might be performed or induced is located.

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

3.__Petitioner. "Petitioner" means an unemancipated pregnant minor filing a petition under section 8402.

4.__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.

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

§8402.__Judicial bypass; commencement of action

1.__Petition for authorization to consent.__An unemancipated pregnant minor who wishes to have an abortion without the notification of her parent shall file a petition in a court