I'm not condoning abortion but isn't the whole point most likely because they don't want their parents to know they are pregnant so needing parental consent seems stupid.
2007-11-01 15:16:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
It's a medical procedure. It can require anesthesia and a recovery period. Like with any medical procedure, there is a risk (although very small) of complications. For a teenage girl, however, it's still safer than childbirth.
Luckily, most girls are able to tell one or both parents. The ones who can't are from abusive or neglectful homes, or a family member may have been the cause of the pregnancy. Some girls are afraid of "disappointing" their parents. For girls in this situation, there needs to be a safety net of a trusted adult to help them. I have heard of the Teen Endagerment Act, which makes it a crime for a trusted adult (an aunt, a grandparent, an older cousin/sibling) to take a child over state lines to get around parental consent laws; I am not sure if it has passed, though.
2007-11-01 16:33:26 · answer #1 · answered by VeggieTart -- Let's Go Caps! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nicely... little ones do no longer desire parental consent to have a baby or to have intercourse. One subject is that a teenager gets an unlawful abortion in simple terms so as that she does not could inform her mum and dad. assorted the time youngsters genuinely tell their mum and dad that they might have an abortion. If a woman does not desire to tell her mum and dad it fairly is often by way of fact she grew up in a relatives that doesn't talk approximately those kinds of issues or seems down in them. So genuinely, the only factor regulations like that could do is to deter women from searching for a secure, criminal abortion by way of fact of worry of document. If a woman does not tell her relatives, there is in all danger a sturdy reason. besides, if mum and dad wait until eventually after a woman starts her era to chat approximately intercourse, birth control, and suggestions; they have waited too long.
2016-10-03 03:44:07 · answer #2 · answered by tews 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The idea is that since abortion is an elective medical procedure, parental consent should be required, like it is for all other elective medical procedures.
2007-11-01 15:21:19 · answer #3 · answered by Teekno 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Well it seems like a pretty strategic way to get teens to tell their parents. Becuase if your going out and getting unwanted pregnancies, you parents sure as hell deserve to know. Because they can HELP!!!
2007-11-01 17:11:58 · answer #4 · answered by Fishy!!! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because teens are young, immature, and generally they don't want to atone for their actions (getting sexed up), so people made it so that they have to get a parent's consent so that an older, more level head will be able to input advice.
2007-11-01 15:22:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Hummm that is a good question Im not sure myself but they probably think parents know best. (which isnt always the case)
2007-11-01 15:20:31 · answer #6 · answered by cowgilr855 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋