The state may also require adult women to certify in writing that they consent to abortion and that their consent is informed and freely given. "The decision to abort...is an important, and often a stressful one, and it is desirable and imperative that it be made with full knowledge of its nature and consequences." Akron Center.7at 442, quoting Planned Parenthood v. Danforth (1976), 428 U.S. 52.

Opinions may differ on whether legalized abandonment constitutes good policy or violates parents' constitutional rights. But in no sense can anonymous child abandonment be justified on privacy grounds. The decision to avoid parenting one's born child simply is not a "pro-choice" or constitutional privacy right matter.