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Should teenagers seeking abortion need parental consent?

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Should teenagers seeking abortion need parental consent?

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Yes. Aside from all of the moral implications of an abortion (and I am not discussing them here), it is a serious surgical procedure that requires follow up care. If my daughter can not have her tonsils taken out without my permission, then an abortion should be no different. I will make considerations for a judge to be notified instead of parents under specific circumstances.

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They should have to have the parents consent or at least somebody to know what they are doing and to watch over them. I was 18 and had an abortion for MEDICAL reasons that I could not be pregnant at the time and have the procedure done. I told one person…the father of the child. I never told my mom or anybody else in my family. I had the abortion and 3 days later I got a serious infection. My fever was so high I was going in and out of shock. I finally broke down and reluctantly told my mother about everything and she took me to the hospital. They said that I could have died if I had waited any longer. This is the reason I feel you NEED to have somebody responsible by your side who is looking out for your best interest and for a young teen that would most likely be her parent.

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Having a 13yr old son and a 12 yr old daughter, and two sisters who got pregnant as teenagers, ABSOLUTLY NOT!! I have had several friends growing up who became pregnant in their teens. One of which went to her mom and told her mom she was having sex and wanted birth control. Her mother refused to let her and stated that if she became pregnant that that was just more money for her, another friend wanted an abortion after being honest with her parents and they wouldn’t let her, another’s parents tried to force her by constantly pushing and pushing her until she did so. If my child came to me and told me either their girlfriend or that she was pregnant, the only thing I can do as a parent is support their decision whatever that may be, they have to live with whatever choice they make not me. I can only be on the outside looking in. Too many parents try to control the situation by doing what they honestly percieve as best for all involved, what they forget is what ever choice that child ma

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If they can’t get a belly button piercing without consent, they certainly shouldn’t be able to get an abortion without parental consent.

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I think that they need to be required to definatly talk to their parents, and or a counselor before making such a decision, but they shouldnt need parental consent, it is their body, their choice, but they do need to take time, and think all the pros and cons out. I am not a woman so I have really no right to say either way, and I think that the church, and the politicians shouldnt have a say at all.

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