Cases of Induced Abortions by Teenagers without Parental Notice or Consent.
Substantial numbers of pregnant adolescents do not consult either their mother or father prior to obtaining an abortion. A Minnesota study found that 43% of adolescents obtaining abortions used the court bypass option to avoid disclosure to a parent. (Factors Associated with the Use of Court Bypass by Minors to Obtain Abortions, RW Blum et al, Family Planning Perpectives 22:158, July/Aug 1990.) Male partners have been found to be more likely to be consulted than parents once pregnancy is confirmed (83% v. 56%). (Patterns of Consultation Among Adolescent Minors Obtaining An Abortion, MD Resnick et al, Amer. J. Orthopsychiatr. 64:310, April,1994.) An Atlanta study of adolescents obtaining abortions at five different private facilities found that 51% confided in their parents. (Parental Consent: Factors Influencing Adolescent Disclosure Regarding Abortion, MS Griffin-Carlson, KJ Macklin, Adolescence 28(109):1,Spring,1993.) According to the Centers for Disease Control, 20% of the reported abortions in the U.S. are among those who are 19 years of age or less. (Abortion Surveillance: Preliminary Data-United States,1993, MMWR 45(11):235, Mar 22,1996.).
The following reported cases involve situations where neither parent was notified or aware that their adolescent daughter had obtained an abortion.
Claims of Physical Injury.
In Baldaraz v. Granbury School District, the parents of a 17-year-old high school student brought suit in U.S. District Court in Fort Worth, Texas, after she suffered a uterine infection and psychological distress following an abortion without her parents' knowledge. According to the complaint, a high school drug awareness counselor discovered that the girl was pregnant and called her out of class to urge her to have an abortion. The suit detailed elaborate plans made by the counselor in order to procure the abortion.
One type is Medical Abortion which is an abortion brought on by taking medications to end a pregnancy instead of having a surgical abortion. ... The other type of abortion is Surgical Abortion. ... One type of Surgical abortion is called legal abortion. ... Less then 1% of the woman who get abortions experience a major complication with the abortion procedure. ... Abortion is a very debatable topic. ...
The abortion issue doesn't stop there. ... Abortion should remain legalized for the fact that if it's not kept legal many women perform illegal abortions. ... Abortion is a woman's choice. ... In 1821 the first U.S. abortion bill, passed in Connecticut, banned the use of poisons to induce abortion. ... In 1970 abortion is on its way towards legalization, as Hawaii becomes the first to make abortion legal. ...
Two method can be used to induce surgical abortion. ... During the yeas that abortion was illegal, more pregnant women died from complications from self-induced abortions or abortion attempted by untrained or unqualified practitioners than from any other cause. ... Illegal abortion is unsafe abortion. Abortion has not always been so safe. ... Complications from Legal Abortion. ...
Purpose: To inform audience about abortion. ... And on the other hand those who are against abortions declare that abortion is murder and a violation of the fetus's right to live. ... Body: There are two types of abortions: a spontaneous abortion occurs without medical interventions of miscarriages. 25% of all pregnancies end in spontaneous abortions. ... Women the ages of 15 to 19 account for 19% of abortions, women 20 to 24 account for another 33% and 25% of abortions are obtained by women who are 30 or older. 88% of abortions are obtained in the first trimester of pregnancy. ...
Abortion My topic is abortion. ... To begin with I should explain what abortion is. ... Abortion is a very controversial subject. ... As you well know there are people pro-abortion and against abortion. ... That is my speech about abortion....
Though abortion should be used in atrocious situation. One argument against abortions is that it is immoral. ... The audible difference between abortion and murder is that abortions are legal, and murders are not. ... In 1967 Colorado and California legalized abortion. ... In order to avoid abortions, the government put strict restrictions on abortions. ...
Abortion" Abortion has been an issue of heated debate in the United States for numerous years. ... Let us look at the definition of abortion. ... The same is true of abortion. ... This is called Post-Abortion Syndrome. ... That is just one draw back to abortion. ...
Abortion is Legal Abortion must be a legal and attainable procedure for women throughout the United States. ... And finally, should abortion be legal? ... Should abortion be legal? ... Is abortion physically safe for women? ... This statistic proves that with abortions being legal, women are at a lesser risk of injury through abortion. ...
Abortion was widely available throughout much era when abortion was a crime. ... In high abortion states, only arrests of those born after abortion legalization fall relative to low abortion states. ... The social movement to legalize abortion resulted in a long outstanding acceptance of abortion. ... (Abortion Related 1) Abortion is not something that is allowed in God's law. ... Is abortion murder? ...
There are many different viewpoints on abortion and it is important to exam both sides of the abortion controversy. ... The abortion controversy has two main view points, the view against abortion is known as pro-life and the view for abortion is pro-choice. ... The idea of this oath given by midwives was to not provoke abortion because abortion was legal under common law. ... Few doctors still performed abortions and since it was a great risk for them, they charged about $600 for an abortion. ... By 1972 the number of illegal abortions grew to about twenty five hundred abortions a day. ...
