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Old 10-23-2008, 03:09 PM   #9 (permalink)
WendyCal
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Originally Posted by jibber View Post
How is this an "invasion of family privacy?" It may be undermining a parent's right to know what is going on with their child, but even then I would say that's a stretch. His stance on this is really just an extension of patient/doctor confidentiality. It is not the state's responsibility to monitor the extent to which parents are in touch with the children's lives. If a teenager chooses to sneak over the state line to get an abortion, that is her decision to tell her parents or not. Just like a teen can go to her family doctor and get a prescription for birth control without the knowledge of the parent.
It's the law, that people are not considered "of age," and completely responsible for their own actions until they are 18.

i think i pretty well answered this, above.
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