Katie Cummings
Leigh Ann Mason
Haylie Neitzell
Commenters: Keisha B, Mara B, Colleen J, Megan M, Natalie O, Colleen P, JaNaye S, Jeri W
Should Parents Have the Right to Prevent Their Minor Daughters from Having Abortions?
Even if they don’t have to give consent, should parents be notified if their minor daughters choose to end their pregnancies? Laws requiring that young women notify or get the consent of their parents before ending pregnancies are fiercely debated on the perimeter of the controversy about the constitutional right to abortion. Supported in the landmark case of Planned Parenthood v. Casey in 1992, there is disagreement about whether these limits reduce abortion rates and how they affect teen sexual behavior, but whatever their statistical effect, the laws raise important questions about the rights of minors.
Caitlin Borgmann, “Abortion Parental Notice Laws: Irrational, Unnecessary, and Downright Dangerous”
Amanda Dennis, et al. “The Impact of Laws Requiring Parental Involvement for Abortion”
Guttmacher Institute, “An Overview of Minors’ Consent Laws”
Guttmacher Institute, “Parental Involvement in Minors’ Abortions”
Theodore Joyce, Robert Kaestner, and Silvie Colman,“Changes in Abortions and Births and the Texas Parental Notification Law”
Michael New, “A Parental-Involvement Opportunity”
Michael New, “The Effect of Parental Involvement Laws on the Incidence of Abortion Among Minors”
Carol Sanger, “Regulating Teenage Abortion in the U.S.”
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