How Come Children Are Allowed to Have Abortions Without Parental Consent?

Question

All Planned Parenthoods perform abortions on children that seek them. In many states, they are not required to. (And in the states that require consent, PP simply bipasses the law.)

There was a group of students that called several Planned Parenthoods and pretended to be a 13 year old girl seeking an abortion after getting pregnant from her 23 year old boyfriend. In 91% of cases, the Planned Parenthood agreed, and in some cases, offered to not report the statutory rape.

When I was a senior in high school and 17 year old, I could not sign out of school sick without parental consent. If I did, I would get a detention. Also, kids can't even take tylenol without parental consent.

But a child can go down to Planned Parenthood and have an abortion without their parent ever knowing?

Would you be upset if your 13 year old daughter received an abortion from Planned Parenthood and they never told you about it?

Answer 1

We can not blame planned parenthood! What about those parents who do not have an open relationship with their children? Or those parents who at 11pm do not know where their 13-14 yr old is? I'm very sorry but I do not blame them. I blame the parents. I was one of those children who's parent to this day (25 yrs old) has not discussed s*x with. I was one of those children who attempted to get birth control with my mother's consent and was told NO abstinence was the only option. I was that child who became pregnant at 16 and went to a public clinic to  get prenatal care and that same day came home and told my mother I was pregnant. Would I be upset if my now 7 yr old daughter at the age of 13 had an abortion with out talking to me? YES However I will do everything in my power to prevent it. I will have an open relationship with my daughter and will teach abstinence and protection and all the methods out there and leave our relationship open where she can come to me.  

Answer 2

There are very few states that will allow a girl to get an abortion without the signature of her parent(s).

http://www.abortion.com

This is from the planned parenthood website:

Mandatory Parental Involvement



If a teen discovers she’s pregnant, what does she do? Ideally, she would be able to discuss it with her parents and have their support in making a decision. Sadly, we do not live in an ideal world. For a variety of reasons, including fear of abuse, teenagers frequently feel they cannot tell their parents about their unintended pregnancies or desire to have an abortion.

  

Yet many states have laws that mandate at least one parent’s involvement in the abortion decision. Teenagers who cannot tell their parents must either travel out of those states or obtain approval through a court or some other alternative process. The resulting delay increases the physical and emotional health risks to the teenager, since the earlier an abortion is, the safer it is.

Some members of Congress would like to make it even harder for teens to obtain abortions in states that already have mandatory parental involvement laws. Anti-choice officials want to make it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines for an abortion unless the parental involvement requirements of her home state are met. If the bill passes, an aunt, a grandmother, or a friend who helps a teen will be subject to prison, fines, and civil suits.

Congress should not make a criminal out of a loving and responsible relative or a friend who helps a teenager obtain a legal procedure. The best way to protect young women is by providing them with information and education about how to stay safe and healthy.

I would think i would not have a 13 year old to run off and get an abortion without me knowing about it because i am not going to be one of those parents that threatens harm on my child is something happens like that. I would help her, if she wanted an abortion then i would take her there myself but i would be upset for how she did not listen to me in the first place about waiting to have s*x and the use of birth control.