Our daughter's decisions : the conflict in state law on abortion and other issues

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Donovan, Patricia Ann, Author.

Contributor:

Alan Guttmacher Institute, Content Provider.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adolescent Health Services.

Abortion, Induced.

Adolescent.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

Adolescent Health Services.

Abortion, Induced.

Adolescent.

United States.

Other Title:

Conflict in state law on abortion and other issues.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Allan Guttmacher Institute 1992

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The idea that parents should be closely involved in a teenager's decision regarding whether to have an abortion strikes a responsive chord in most American adults. Indeed, opinion polls indicate that large majorities of the public approve of laws requiring parental involvement in such a decision. Parental involvement statutes either require that parents give their consent before their daughter can obtain an abortion or stipulate that parents be informed before the procedure that their daughter has decided to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. In this report, the author begins with a brief history of how the law has traditionally viewed minors, and a summary of key Supreme Court decisions pertaining to parental involvement for abortion. She then describe the major findings of the Allan Guttmacher Institute review of state laws and, on the basis of the findings, discuss whether mandatory parental involvement for abortion constitutes good public policy. In the conclusion, the autho explores some approaches to the parental involvement issue that might promote the best interests of minors who are facing decisions about abortion and other sensitive areas of their lives.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph