Posted on 04/28/2017 3:59:54 PM PDT by Morgana
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Gov. Jim Justice has signed a law ending a doctor's ability to waive the legal requirement to notify parents of an underage daughter's abortion.
It allows only a judge to waive parental notification.
Under the old law, a physician other than the one performing an abortion can waive the requirement by finding that the minor is mature enough to decide independently or that notification wouldn't be in her best interest.
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I never understand contradictions we see here.
On the one hand, liberals say a 14 year old girl is old enough to make a choice for abortion on her own, exercising an adult right.
On the other hand, you need parental involvement and parental consent for any other medical procedure on a minor.
And the liberals tell us abortion should be treated like any other medical procedure.
if abortion were treated like any other medical procedure, then parental consent would be required for abortions on underage girls.
But the liberals tell us that young girls should have abortions without their parents knowing about it.
And with Obamacare, adults can be treated as if they are dependent children up to age 26. But when it comes to abortion, a 14 year old is an adult.
Anyone else see the contradiction??
It’s not when you realize it was not a 14 year old boy who got her pregnant.
Fourteen years old, old enough to make her own decision
17 year old kills someone, and they aren’t capable of grasping right or wrong
Are you saying in certain circumstances it is the right thing to do, a mother killing her child(ren)?
Or am I missing something?
Another thing that grinds my gears is that abortion is not the same as going to the dentist for a teeth cleaning.
It can involve very serious complications up to and including bleeding to death.
Abortionists are not saints. They make mistakes too.
How would they explain to a parent that their child is in a hospital in a neighboring state, with hemorrhaging?
No matter how "liberal" and pro-choice" a parent might be, they'd be out of their minds with worry, and anger too.
WHO took my daughter across state lines?
And they did WHAT to her without my knowledge?
Good points.
The fact that an unmarried minor is pregnant is sufficient evidence that she is not mature enough to make a life-and-death decision.
Thank God for closing this loop-hole.
Perhaps Morgana is speaking to cases where the undisclosed abortion facilitates the secrecy of (statutory) rape.
“Perhaps Morgana is speaking to cases where the undisclosed abortion facilitates the secrecy of (statutory) rape.”
After “Pizza gate” that should have been a no brainer. If still don’t believe me there are thousands of videos by Lila Rose exposing PP that would have done abortions on what they thought was a 14 year old pregnant by a 30 year old.
Here recently was the story of Elizabeth Thomas. What if Tad had taken her to a Planned Parenthood? We know both had done the nasty, this is one reason why they were kicked from the California Commune they were staying in. All Tad need say is he is her dad and he is her abuser.
I agree in general, but our Western society has always started with an assumption that parents, especially mothers, love their children. It’s never been true in Asian and muscum cultures and becoming less true in America every day. To say that even liberal or pro choice people have love for their children, as natural and generally agreed upon that is, simply isn’t true. Many, most, who knows, so call, “love” their children like they love their material things, lifestyle, etc.
Right; minors need parental permission to get their ears pierced but not murder a child?
Imagine your daughter dies killing a baby, and you never knew she was 1) pregnant, or 2) complicit in a murder.
So let me get this straight: the underage girl does not need parental consent, there is only parental notification after the fact?
on the other hand “child” support goes to 18, 21 and beyond; (local gov’ts get fed kickbacks for most “child” support money collected.)
“kids” as old as 29 can stay on their parent’s healthcare insurance here in NY.
They just raised the age of personal responsibility in criminal court in NY from 17 to 19.
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