Here Comes The Underage Bride
Las year, Arkansas accidentally passed a law making it legal for anyone — even newborns — to marry as long as they had parental consent. The bill was supposed to have made 18 the legal age for...
View Article13-Year-Old Pennsylvania Girl Gives Herself An Abortion
A 13-year-old in Pennsylvania was hospitalized this weekend after giving herself a “home abortion” with a pencil last Wednesday. Police say the girl, whose identity is being kept secret due to her age,...
View ArticleToday’s Lady News: “16 & Pregnant” Teen Deterred By Parental Consent Law
On last night’s episode of “16 & Pregnant” on MTV, a pregnant teen talked with her mother about how she was deterred by Mississippi’s parental consent law for abortion. It’s confusing why Cleondra...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Pols Actually Thought Requiring Parental Consent For STD...
Thank God somebody in North Carolina’s state legislature has some sense: the Health and Human Services Committee has pulled a bill that would require teens get parental consent for STD testing and...
View ArticleMassachusetts Considers Easing Parental Consent Rules On Abortion
The Massachusetts Legislature’s Public Health Committee is considering a new bill to ease parental consent rules for abortion. According to Planned Parenthood League Of Massachusetts, young women in...
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