You should know better than that. In most instances minors can not be medicated or otherwise treated without parental consent. All of those decisions involve the body of hte minor.

The courts make an exception in this case because they figure it is too important to be left in the hands of the parents. And even in this case, the requirement is that the child show to the courts that she is mature enough to know what she is doing and that notifying the parents would harm her.

Of course, you might say if she is not mature enough to decide to not have a baby, she is not mature enough to have a baby, but that’s a different matter altogether.

David for the wisdom of Solomon
but not that many spouses

These lawmakers fail to consider that if this government ever goes into default and belly up, that their rank and office will become null and void. Let us remember those who were party to these atrocities, so that on the day of the Lord we may hold them accountable. Let us dispense mercy as they gave it. Remember Nuremberg.

By your logic, all we need to do to solve problems is make them less inconvenient. Sounds good to start with. However, LIFE is inconvenient sometimes, and taking the life of an unborn child who could be surrendered for adoption to a loving home is NOT the solution to the problem. Avoiding pregnancy in the first place is a great solution! With all the education on how to prevent pregnancy out there, not the least of which is abstinence, I maintain my stand that unwanted pregnancies are largely the fault of the participants, and not failure of contraceptive methods.
The problem is our legal system has made abortion both legal AND convenient. Do you think deciding to keep a baby is any more difficult than deciding to abort it? I have much more admiration for those mothers because they took personal responsibility. Taking it a step further, if they can’t care for the child or it will interfere with their future plans, then give it up for adoption. But they did not abort it. A much, much more difficult decision in my humble opinion.
So, go ahead and blast away. I stand by my opinion in this matter.

I do NOT believe in abortion and I would never seek one for myself. Currently, it is a young lady’s perogative to get one if she so desires. However, it IS murder, and she’ll have to explain to God one day why she did it. Thanks for your support 429SCJ – ultimately, we will all answer to our Creator – and I would not want to explain why I had harmed the “least of these” to Him.

NO WONDER – no, these young girls don’t get pregnant in a vacuum. However, they do make the decision for having sex, and because they bear the brunt of an unwanted pregnancy (a mistake), should exercise the appropriate caution. I do know why I feel the way I do – stop judging!

Henry I would love to see the look in your eyes, if someone whispered your own words in your ear as you lay helpless.

People have a right to their own choices and just because you want to believe it is a life or a child, does not mean that it is. It isn’t murder.

That being said, if you pro-birth folks really want to lesson abortion in society, then you really need to support passing a Universal Health Care system so young women don’t have to fear the cost of having a child and caring for it.

You also have to stop complaining about people that are on public assistance having more kids if you want to decrease abortions. Just sayin’.