It’s not often that supporters of reproductive rights get a piece of good news. Though, what can be described as good news these days is part of the bad news.

On July 28, an Alabama magistrate judge ruled in favor of the ACLU and struck down portions of HB494, the state’s 2014 law that, among other things, put minors seeking abortions on trial and even provided lawyers — for the fetuses.

Alabama is one of thirty-seven states that require parental involvement in a minor’s decision to receive abortion care. Specifically, Alabama requires the consent of one parent at least forty-eight hours in advance of the procedure but, like the vast majority of states with parental involvement laws, it also includes what is known as a “judicial bypass.” This alternate route exists for all the reasons a teenager may be unable to obtain parental consent.