Has the situation been considered that a legal protection of a girls right to her own body could protect a parent from forcing an abortion just as it would allow a girl to get one? I understand that I have tendencies to take things to Huxleyan extremes but I could conceive in future years that it would become an issue. Parents forcing girls to have abortions? Would pro-lifers then say that the girl isn't mature enough to make deciscions concerning her body as they do now?

are you kidding me?
you cant answer that question because they re are too many kinds of kids out there.you can look at is as "why would somebody want to kill a baby" or why would somebody ruin the babies and mothers life? because chances are that a teen momma aint exactly gonna be a lawyer after she has the kid.its up to circumstance and parents should have some say but the decision should be made by somebody trying to make the best life for the baby AND mother.

People under 18 can't vote, cant drink, cant really drive, theres a lot of things they can't do becuase they arent adults. So its ok for them to have a kid?? WTF is wrong with people?

Instead you waste more money on services to help out these young mothers and their bast|ard children.

Bella, it's not dumb. Parental consent for abortion, the oxymoron is if you're talking about the baby-to-be's parents, then ofcourse they'll give consent.

I think it is a hard situation that is different every time and there is not universal truth in to apply to all. But I do feel that there should always be the option and the right, to a safe legal abortion. unless you've been in a situation where you've contemplated abortion I doubt you will have any REAL insight, I luckily have not, but I believe that there should not have to be parental permission because it is after all the young woman is a constant in every situation involving abortion, in some cases there are no parents there to give consent, in other the parents could tell there daughter to have the abortion when it might not be in the BEST interest of the woman, and in other the parents might not be aware of the pregnancy, and it would be harmful to the pregnant girl, in some cases parents will "disown" there daughter because of such occurrences. I think the best answer for this difficult question that has different contributing factor each time, is to in the end be up to they young woman, and to provide them with support, counseling, information, options, and access to this procedure all in confidentiality. In a perfect world there would be no abortion, every one would have a loving safe home to go to with understanding family friends lovers and supporters, and no one would ever have to make such a harsh life changing decision, but sadly we live in a world that is not like that, and our society is in a state of such things, there should ALWAYS be the option of safe legal abortion, for the sake of the health of the mother and the baby.

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i just dont see how a girl/minor who cant be treated for ANYTHING but can still choose this all by her un-grownup self....does not seem to make any since...

Heh. How lame.

"IS "PARENTAL CONSENT OF ABORTION" AN OXYMORON"

Uh...someone explain how that's an oxymoron. Dumb on your part, YouthNOISE.

Since the mother of the child is the one that is going to have to live with this decision, the mother should always be the ONLY one who should have a say in whether or not to have an aborion...It is HER baby. It is really stupid to pass a law banning abortions because you dont know the what everyones situation is. I am 17 and have been put into this situation but i had a miscariage, so it really didnt matter what i wanted to do. It really is a hard decision but once you make up your mind there is no turning back. I think that you would make a better arguemnet of whether or not to have a law on abortion if you actually have been pregnant and been faced with this decision.

I feel that clinics should ifnorm parents that their daughter plans to have an abortion and that they should come with her on an appointment and talk with her and the doctor. But the final choice should reside with the daughter.

and as the bottom of my post said i am opposed to abortion and think it should be illegal anyway, so the issue in my mind isnt wether or not a parent has say, it should not be something the child or parent has any say in.

again i will repeat...i probably was not the best person to answer the question..... and really neither is any one who is pro life....you want feed back from them but if we feel abortion is wrong then again, it shouldnt be a child or parents decision.

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i am pro life and it seems strange to me that a girl (or any minor for that matter) CAN NOT be treated for so much as a paper cut by a Dr. without parental consent but can make what could be a life altering decision like having an abortion without the consent of a parent.

You didn't really address the main issue which is; If a parent has legal control over what happens to their childs body, they can force an abortion just as they could restrict one. I'm sure you would like the law to pick and choose which areas parents do and don't have consent in but the law doesn't work that way. Either she has the right to make decisions about her body or she doesn't. You can't have your cake and eat it too.

We all know girls are never mature enough to make life-changing decisions like this. I mean, nobody who freaks over breaking a nail should ever be put in such a position.

I'm only kidding. Barely.

i am pro life and it seems strange to me that a girl (or any minor for that matter) CAN NOT be treated for so much as a paper cut by a Dr. without parental consent but can make what could be a life altering decision like having an abortion without the consent of a parent.

i dont feel however that a parent should have say in other decisions like what type of birth control their daughter can take. or if thay can take it at all. my mother when i was about 16 wanted me to take the depo shot but i didnt want to cause i knew it had made some women unable to get pregnant for many years after getting it and some women couldnt seem to concieve at all after taking the injection.

i know that is contradicting but i feel that abortion should be illegal anyway so maybe i am not the best person to answer this question.

We all know the point of view from the pro-choicers. I'm challenging the pro-life perspective on this.

No. Either way, parents should never have to legally consent for or against abortions. If the girl is 17 or less, it should be the decision of her and her doctor, and her parents if she so chooses to have them there. 18 and over, she's obviously legally an adult, and her parents relinquish all control over her.

The issue isn't whether or not they should consent. It's whether or not they should have to legally.

I don't think parents should consent, unless they have a proveable reason to support agains the girl's choice.