Abortion Notification Put Teenagers in Dangers
On November 7, Californians will vote once again on the controversial issue of parental notification for minors seeking abortions. Proposition 85 would require doctors to notify a parent 48 hours before performing the procedure on a minor. Parental notification sounds like a great idea when a teenage girl is pregnant and considering an abortion. In a day when many parents fear public schools and other outsiders are taking too much control of their kids’ lives, some adults feel this is a way to make sure they are involved in one of the most important decisions a young woman can make.
At first glance, it makes sense that if a school nurse can’t give aspirin to a minor without parental consent, then the same ought to hold true for an abortion. Unfortunately, Proposition 85 won’t reduce underage abortions and stands to endanger far more lives than it purports to save. “We are required as parents to be involved in every other aspect of our daughters’ lives medical and otherwise,” said Julie Pecha from Yes on 85. “This proposition just includes us in a situation where a girl is very fearful.”
Perhaps those who encourage her to get an abortion have ulterior motives such as removing evidence of statutory rape, or getting rid of a baby they might have to support, or the financial interests of the abortion clinic that will make money performing an abortion. In his argument against Proposition 85 and parental notification of minors who seek abortions, letter-writer Shane Coburn assumes things about an underage young woman with an unplanned pregnancy that I think are mistaken ["Withdrawing women's choice, Oct. 2]. He assumes that people other than her family are more likely to have her best interests at heart and that those people will encourage her to make an informed choice rather than steering her toward only one option.
One problem, of course, is that the abortion issue in general often brings out the hypocrite in politicians. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, for one, proclaimed loudly while running for governor in the recall election of 2003 that he was a firm believer in women’s absolute right to choose. But two years later, he strongly endorsed Proposition 73, allowing that, “I wouldn’t want to have someone take my daughter for an abortion or something and not tell me. I would kill them if they do that.” So, Schwarzenegger is all for freedom of reproductive choice — just not for his daughter or other young women her age.
There’s little evidence that teenagers will become any closer with parents who a doctor informs of their child’s intent to seek an abortion. Two medical journal studies comparing a state with parental notification (Minnesota) and one without notification (Wisconsin) found that the mandate didn’t increase the number of teens who spoke with parents.
Of course, the proposition is as much about abortion politics as it is about parental rights or child protection, which is one reason for our opposition. It works away at a woman’s right to privacy by forcing a doctor to violate patient confidentiality.
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i think girls should be able to have an abortion if they choose. they may not be ready for a baby.
Girls should have abortion only if they want too…killing a soul is wrong, you should always remember that your mom didnt kill you(abortion) because she wanted you to have a life…so do the same for the innocent soul….have a heart
i think that if girls want to keep it a secret there is probablya very good reason why. some girls feel to ashamed to tell thier parents that they messed up on such a level. it is probably easier for them to just get rid of it and deal with the concequences after.. which are often not taken into account…instead of arguing over whether parents should know about it why not argue about whether treatment for the physcological effects is redily avaliable OR affordable for a teen girl who DOES make the decision to go it alone.
You know I have a hard time spelling but here it go’s when women r girls. lay down and do the do with a man and don’t have a ran coot then they was grown a nuff to lay there and do that so be grown a nuff to take care of the baby r babys r if you can’t do that and don’t want to give the baby to your mom and dad r someone that can’t have a baby and wants one and the only way I see a woman r a girl should get a abortion is if they r raep by a man and to all the women and girls that thake that they want to have a abortion they should look at the videos on UTob and raed up on it and look at pics on how they do it and what they do with the baby I have seen it and its sick and I really don’t want to see that no more and this is even to the men that no of a woman that has there baby in there billy and they want the girl r woman to do this TOO ALL THE WOMEN AND GIRLS DON”T DO THIS FOR SOMEONE ELS EVEN IF IT IS THE DAD THAT WANTS THIS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it’s parents responsible, i’m all praised to Gov Arnold for his comments on abortion. most likely i disagree. if for some reason i was inform that my daughter will have an abortion and want my go signal for it..i would kill them..i rather get the baby to see the beauty of the world she/he lives, to give her and let her know how she was greatly expected in our arms no matter what..rather than feel the bad effect of it on the later part of my daughter’s life..abortion had many causes. one may not be able to conceive because her uterus almost crash to the ground on some medical malpractice.
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