Do you think it is your parental right to know your daughter is getting an abortion?

Question

if no....why?

Answer 1

Yes I do. I had better ALWAYS know what is going on medically with my daughters. This isn't about politics with me, it's about family.

I asked a few questions related to this topic a while back, you get mixed responses, i think some people are just so scared that abortion will be outlawed.

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Answer 2

Yes it is my right to know (if the child is under age). If she's married or out on her own it would be her choice to tell me but I would hope that she would want me to know.

If my daughter was going to the hospital for any type of other treatment I would be there, so why should this be any different?

I don't believe in abortion and I would be truly upset if someone did this to my under aged daughter without parental consent. A teenager is not emotionally mature enough to make that kind of decision.

Answer 3

I would like to know. It's the FAILURE of the PARENT(S), however, if their daughter does not feel safe discussing this with them. "Making" anyone do anything is a recipe for disaster, whether it's making them keep the baby or making them have an abortion. If your daughter thinks or knows you're going to "Make" her do anything regarding her body and her pregnancy, no, she's not going to discuss it with you and she, generally, will take whatever way out necessary. Forcing anything on her regarding such a life changing decision, whichever route is decided upon, is a recipe for depression, neglect of the child if the girl is forced to carry to term and "not allowed" by dear old mom, who failed her daughter in the first place, to give the infant up for adoption, depression and/or suicide if she was coerced into an abortion, etc. There are significant issues regardless of which direction is taken when the parent steps up and says you WILL do this or you WILL NOT do this, rather than providing emotional support and assistance for whatever the daughter decides to do, whether it be keep the baby, put it up for adoption or abort.

Answer 4

Yes I think it is my right to know if she is under 18 years of age but if she is older than that then no because she is not a minor any more but unless she is over 18 and she wants to tell me about it then I'll listen and try and talk her out of it because I don..t believe in abortions. I think if you can lay down and do what you do and don..t use anything to prevent you from getting pregnant then you can have the responsibility of taking care of the person you are bringing into this world cause that person did not ask to come into this world for you to take them out so yeah that's just my opinion.

Answer 5

Yes... I would like to know. I had a friend in high school who had one- it was mainly because of her parents! She actually wanted the baby... but her parents talked her into getting the abortion. They also didn't like the fact the boy was a different color than she was... so they ended up talking her into one... which I told her she should do what she wishes, not what her parents wish-it was her baby. She went ahead with it. I wouldn't have. But if i had a daughter (or son who's girl got preggo), I would want to know about it, but I would also let them know I will help them if they decide to keep the baby.

Answer 6

if the daughter is under age, yes i do.

Its certainly my responsibility to raise my daughter, and protecting her from her self, and other men, is certainly part of that. If i failed her and she became pregnant i should be able to know.

I also would never accept abortion as a choice she could make, i'd raise the child myself before i even considered allowing an abortion.

I do however believe the morning after pill is a different story.

Answer 7

of course, ok im not a parent yet but i would like to be. it is a parental right for a parent to know if they daughters are pregnant or getting an abortion and abortion is illegal. its mass murder if they dont want the baby they can alway put the baby up for adoption.

Answer 8

yes!!!!! ofcourse is your right to know. Unless she doesnt tell you but the only reasond why she's not telling you its because you have raised her to fear you. There so many butchers out there, you want to make sure that if your daughter is goin throught an abortion that it will be with the finest abortion doctore out there correct ?...and then after you have even more reasonds to tie her down and not let he go any where because you'll constently remaind her of how she and you don't want this to happend again.

Answer 9

Most definitely I do. If she is under 16. Hopefully I would have the kind of relationship with my daughter where SHE would be the one to tell me, though.

How would a parent be able to support their daughter after going through such a big ordeal if they were denied the knowledge by authorities??

Over the age of 16 (UK law), it is, and I think should, be up to the daughter themselves.

Answer 10

yes, for sure!! ..If their under 18...I would not want my daughter to ever have an abortion if she got pregnant....to the response towards the bottom...whether your a good parent or not, doesnt mean your child isnt going to get pregnant...All you can do is teach your child about birth control and advise them,you can not be there every second while their out with their friends...kids don't always listen to their parents....I'm sure your one of them....