Laws that restrict teenagers’ access to abortion services form no logical sense. It’s time to repeal them allDealing with an unplanned and unwanted pregnancy is a difficult experience for anyone. But for teenagers,who have to juggle increasing, and increasingly complicated, and financial and legal barriers to abortion access,“difficult” becomes nearly impossible. And it shouldn’t be.
For instance, 21 states require parental consent before a teenager can have an abortion; 13 mandate that at least one parent be notified; and five states mandate both consent and notification. States that require parental notification and consent for a teenager to have a child? Zero.
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Source: theguardian.com