Should underage abortions require parental consent?

['andersom']

It is tragic. But no one should ever be in a position to force a girl to give birth

True, and no one should ever be in a position to force a girl to have an abortion either.

I think a teen in need of privacy should have the certainty that she can rely on doctors not telling her parents. Think she also needs to get support to make sure her decision is really hers, and to offer her support afterwards if she needs it. Be it support in helping her to not get into an unwanted pregnancy again, or support to help her with the pregnancy, if she wants to continue.

[Scrapheap]

Any discussion about abortion revolves the question of when life begins.  

Not necessarily. As recently as a few hundred years ago, infatacide was a common practice in some cultures. It was commonplace in Sparta and other militarisctic cultures. I'm sure you could still find places where it's practiced today.

['Butterflies']

It is tragic. But no one should ever be in a position to force a girl to give birth

True, and no one should ever be in a position to force a girl to have an abortion either.

I think a teen in need of privacy should have the certainty that she can rely on doctors not telling her parents. Think she also needs to get support to make sure her decision is really hers, and to offer her support afterwards if she needs it. Be it support in helping her to not get into an unwanted pregnancy again, or support to help her with the pregnancy, if she wants to continue.

I have to agree with Hykeaswell again. I think she's she' s too sensible.

['andersom']

It is tragic. But no one should ever be in a position to force a girl to give birth

True, and no one should ever be in a position to force a girl to have an abortion either.

I think a teen in need of privacy should have the certainty that she can rely on doctors not telling her parents. Think she also needs to get support to make sure her decision is really hers, and to offer her support afterwards if she needs it. Be it support in helping her to not get into an unwanted pregnancy again, or support to help her with the pregnancy, if she wants to continue.

I have to agree with Hykeaswell again. I think she's she' s too sensible.

Sorry to be so annoying.   

[Adam]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/nov/10/abortion-balancing-rights-relgious-medics

Religious people need to fuck right off

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/nov/10/abortion-balancing-rights-relgious-medics

Religious people need to fuck right off

[Adam]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2010/11/health-care-reform-will-lead-to-more-abortions-sarah-palin-says.html

dumb whore

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http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2010/11/health-care-reform-will-lead-to-more-abortions-sarah-palin-says.html

dumb whore

A dumb whore who should've had more abortions herself!! 

[Adam]

you mean a dumb whore whose mother should have had more abortions

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you mean a dumb whore whose mother should have had more abortions

That too!! 

[eris]

Wht if the parents refuse to give their consent?

Ive thought about it. And, honestly, Yes. I think so. I do not agree with abortion but I believe it should be legal. i think underage abortion should be legal too - but with permission. I dont think underage kids are mature enough to do something like this on their own.

[Scrapheap]

Wht if the parents refuse to give their consent?

i think underage abortion should be legal too - but with permission. I dont think underage kids are mature enough to do something like this on their own.

I don't see it as an issue of "maturity", I see it as an issue of ownership. The genitals of a child, from the second they are born, are their own property and NOT the property of their parents. That means that the parents can't circumcise their kids, re-asign gender, or tinker with their junk in any way, shape or form. If an underaged girl gets pregnant, since she is the one who would have to give birth and raise the kid, she has the choice of whether or not to have the kid.

[Adam]

 

[eris]

I see your point i just hope they dont regret it later.

[Scrapheap]

I see your point i just hope they dont regret it later.

Aside from education, I don't see how government policy could have any influence on that.