Parental Notification Or Parental Consent To Have An Abortion?

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If my daughter can’t even have an aspirirn at school without my knowledge, she shouldn’t be able to have a life threatening (and one life killing) surgery either.
 
The purpose of laws allowing minors to have abortions without parental notice and permission is recruitment. Young girls, at their most vulnerable, are persuaded (and sometimes virtually strongarmed) to do something that will leave them compromised. From then on, they face a horrible dilemma – to admit to themselves what they did, or to defend it as right.

One poster said “my daughter could be raped repeatedly and I wouldn’t know it.”

Right – the abortion mill doesn’t CARE what happens to your daughter – they perform the abortion and send her right out into the same environment where she got pregnant.

A young girl who is pregnant has far more troubles than the simple fact of her pregnancy. She needs a lot of help – and to deny her parents the knowledge they need to help her is inhuman.
 
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Pug:
I wish someone would go around to all the girls and tell them that if they get pregnant that there is somewhere for them to go so they do not need to get an abortion. Tell them they don’t have to face their boyfriend or parents’ wrath alone. I think they should have signs and little plastic holders with business cards in lots of places where girls are (locker rooms, washrooms, school halls) for any worthwhile project to help pregnant women/girls.
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That’s something I ought to talk to my school about. Doing research on places to help pregnant girls, getting bussiness card sorta things, and putting those in the girls bathroom.

By the way, I’m a teenage girl, and I voted for the notification and consent. Any other way is kinda stupid.
 
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Arwen037:
That’s something I ought to talk to my school about. Doing research on places to help pregnant girls, getting bussiness card sorta things, and putting those in the girls bathroom.

By the way, I’m a teenage girl, and I voted for the notification and consent. Any other way is kinda stupid.
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Arwen, I hope it works out! Make a standard sheet of paper with all the contact info on it and at the bottom, have a little plastic holder glued on the sheet to hold the cards with the phone number on it. Put it in the stall so that when she shuts the door she can take one in private. (just some suggestions). You know your school the best and what would reach people!
 
The major arguments I’ve heard against consent/notification is rape/incest cases in which notification might put a victim in greater danger. The best model I’ve heard to deal w/ this is a consent law that allows for a judicial override (girl goes to court, gets “consent” from a judge).

That, or, they could be illegal…
 
Eight years ago when my daughter was 17 she cut herself badly at work. No medical care could be given until one of us signed permission to treat her!!! She needed several stiches and of course in pain. Two weeks later we learned about a friend’s daughter age 15, were distraught over the fact that their daughter had an abortion, the only way they found out the child seemed sickly and fainted. The girl confessed to her parents. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS!!! No child should be given any care especially an abortion (WHICH SHOULD BE ILLEGAL ANYWAY) without parental notification and consent
 
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chaple:
This tragedy is compounded by the fact that this girl clearly felt she could not share this crisis with her parents. She must have suffered horribly both emotionally and physically before she died, especially if she was so sick without her parents’ knowledge and trying to hide her illness and the emotional pain of her abortion. ❤️

BTW, I voted for consent, because as long as abortion is legal, if my daughter needed my consent, I could at least prevent her from having an abortion.
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Chaple,
I so completely agree with you. I would pray to God that my daughter never got into that situation. However…if she did, I would hope that I would have raised her well enough, and given her enough faith in God (and me and her dad) that she would choose life under ANY circumstance. Sometimes, we look at legality versus illegality, in so far as “this should be illegal” without looking at the reasons why some people “choose” (quotes are very deliberate here) abortion.
What a pathetic loss of two lives! How sad for a child to have parents who she cannot trust when she gets into a situation that’s really difficult. All I can say is …AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH! What a waste!!!
Regards,
Jen
 
I agree this thread should be removed from the forum. It has nothing to do about being Catholic. The only Catholic Choice on Abortion is NO ABORTION!! The Choice to Abort is a “SATANIC CHOICE”. Please read your Catholic Catechism.

Let me ask you …

Are you “Pro-Choice” on legalizing to allow men to rape women any time they want to without any recourse in this country???

Well then I guess I explained why the term “pro-choice” at times really means “SATANIC CHOICE”.
 
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Pug:
This is one of my very main beefs (gee, I’ve got a lot of complaints today). It is the worst idea in the world to treat adolescents as if it were inevitable that they have sex while young. First, it shows you have no respect for them as people, assuming them unable to control themselves. Any person, much less a young person, hates being viewed that way. Second it can drive that certain ornery type to say “well, they already think I am a so-and-so, so why not be one.” Third, high expectations of someone can often bring good things to pass.

I worry that if all one does is treat them like sex-crazed people, then they will come to see themselves that way. Seeing yourself that way leads to dumb choices based on a false idea of what you are. You could get married to “control your lust” because you have the dumb idea that there is no other way to control yourself because that is how you have always been treated.
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Thank you for making this point. It is one of my biggest parenting pet-peeves andI am constantly amazed at the number of Catholic parents who counsel and provide their children with access to ABC. Sexually responsible behaviour is like any other kind of learned social behaviour–if you create high expectations in your kids–for themselves–they will usually rise to meet the challenge. No, it’s not foolproof, and yes, the risks and consequences are significant. But how demeaning is it to hand your child a box of condoms or pills and essentially send the message that they are no more capable of controlling themselves than the family pet who escapes out the back fence?!

Of course, this also requires lots of communication about a topic many of us would prefer to avoid for our own comfort. The avoidance of this responsibility is one of the greatest risks to which we can expose our kids.
 
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Thank you for making this point. It is one of my biggest parenting pet-peeves andI am constantly amazed at the number of Catholic parents who counsel and provide their children with access to ABC. Sexually responsible behaviour is like any other kind of learned social behaviour–if you create high expectations in your kids–for themselves–they will usually rise to meet the challenge. No, it’s not foolproof, and yes, the risks and consequences are significant. But how demeaning is it to hand your child a box of condoms or pills and essentially send the message that they are no more capable of controlling themselves than the family pet who escapes out the back fence?!

Of course, this also requires lots of communication about a topic many of us would prefer to avoid for our own comfort. The avoidance of this responsibility is one of the greatest risks to which we can expose our kids.
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I totally agree…A parent who has high expectaions for their children and communitcates to them why it is important to wait until marrige will have the biggest effect. Giving them condoms and birth control, is saying go ahead and do what you want and the kids will feel more inclined to do so. How is that being a good parent?? You teach them what it means to be married and have sex because that is a great thing! And through that they will learn to respect themselves more and find a deeper love for God.
 
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