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teen suicide. ... And, with teen suicide as the third leading cause of adolescent death,
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Submitted by sassychick on April 15, 2006
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Battles over abortion are being waged in an ever-shifting theater of operations. As combat moves from the courts to state legislatures to Congress to the ballot box, one issue is drawing especially heavy firepower: laws that require teenagers to involve their parents in abortion decisions. Forty-one states have enacted laws that prevent minors—generally anyone under age 18—from obtaining abortions unless they either notify their parents or get the consent of one or both parents.*
The issue of teenagers and abortion stems from a problem welcomed by no one: Every year in the United States more than a million girls under age 20—about one in every 10—become pregnant. About 82 percent of these pregnancies are unintended and about 42 percent of them are aborted.[1] The Children's Defense Fund, a Washington advocacy group, estimates that at least 40,000 teenage girls drop out of school every year because of pregnancy.
Though a majority of the public continues to favor a legal right to abortion,** opinion polls indicate the public supports parental involvement in teen abortion decisions by majorities as high as 81 percent. "Parents have a right to be involved in life-and-death decisions such as abortion," says Rep. Christopher H. Smith, R-N.J., a longtime abortion opponent and author of a federal parental notification bill.
Critics say that while parental involvement laws may be well-intentioned, they sometimes force young women to resort to illegal abortions or expose them to abuse from hostile family members. "Parental involvement is ideal, but sometimes it's impossible," says Jane Hodgson, a St. Paul obstetrician whose name is attached to a court case that unsuccessfully challenged a parental notification law in Minnesota. "Â… We have to face the reality that a teen may encounter violent abuse if she is forced to bring an estranged parent into the process."[2]
It is difficult to separate the debate over...
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