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Originally Posted by luxinterior
I simply think that it is wrong for anyone to force another person, even a minor, to go through with a pregnancy. That's it. And that's what these parents end up doing.
I'm not saying that these girls are so mature and are always going to be making the "right decision" when getting an abortion, or that they are more knowledgeable than their parents. Obviously, that is not my point.
My point is that individuals should have certain rights that bypass parental approval.
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It is a parent's responsibility in all other regards legally, so why in this one should the parents not be involved, particularly when there are risks to the health of their children? as I said, they could NOT get their appendix removed, they could not get a prescription for an opiate pain killer or an antidepressant, and yet they can get a surgical abortion or access to prescription birth control medication readily?
what happened to the days when feminists argued that birthcontrol and abortion were tools of the oppressive, male-dominated capitalist state to control the sexuality and reproduction of women, particularly minorities? somehow it has been reversed, and yet who performs the majority of these procedures and manufactures, prescribes and distributes the majority of these medications (men)? something shaddy is going on if you ask me..