Minors and abortion

There are many different factors that can either positively or negatively influence parental involvement among minors seeking abortions in the United States. A research study was conducted in the Chicago, Illinois area and involved minors who were seeking abortions at two clinics and one hospital. Minors ranged from the ages between 12-17. The research was gathered from 30 participants before the abortion process began. This study explores the different factors minors face when deciding whether or not to inform their legal guardians about their abortion decisions. When becoming pregnant before the age of 18, one-third of pregnant women will seek an abortion. Many states have parental involvement laws that require all minors to tell their legal guardian about their abortion decision. If minors seeking abortions in these particular states refuse to notify a parent, the court has the right to notify the minor’s legal guardian without informed consent. One of the main reasons minors did not wish to disclose their personal information to a parent was because of the fear the parent would be angry with them and have negative…

Regardless of abortion being legal or not, teens all around the world have had an abortion at some point to control their reproduction. Almost 350,000 U.S. teenagers under the age of 18 become pregnant every year. Abortion was used until about 1880, which was when a majority of the states in the U.S. had forbidden it unless it was used to save the life of the woman. Many abortions happen because teens are facing an unasked for pregnancy. The younger the teen is when she gets pregnant, the more…

Abortion is a safe and legal way to terminate a pregnancy although, many Americans do not agree with abortion being legal. In the court case of Roe v. Wade on January 22, 1973 the Supreme Court ruled against abortion except when necessary to save the life of the mother was constitutional.(Yeoman para 5) Twenty-eight years later, public support for abortion rights sought to discreetly stop the procedure with legislation. (Yeoman para 5) Abortion is difficult to acquire now due to having parent…

period, parents need to be directly involved when an abortion is going to be occurred. The consent law can allow young minors to have consent at the age of 12. The problems that are occur is when the states have exceptions of certain groups only such as teenage pregnancy or parents, and married teenagers. If the teenage…

"As long as you don’t choose, everything remains possible.” 118 year old Nemo Nobody is the last living mortal in a world where something called telemerization has created a population of semi-immortals . He tells of his life at three critical points: at age nine, age sixteen, and age thirty-four. This is no ordinary story however, as he tells of alternate life paths, often changing course with the flick of a decision or by some seemingly insignificant event. One path leaves Nemo married to…

Decreasing the Number of Abortions “According to a 2012 Brookings Institution report, more than 90 percent of abortions occur due to unintended pregnancy” ("Access to Free Birth Control Reduces Abortion Rates”). The cause of the increase in the number of abortions has started the controversy on how to decrease the rate of these abortions each year. There have been many conclusions and ideas on how to decrease the number of abortions and that keep that rate down, but no one has come to a definite…

contrapuntally). Pandiatonic music must not rely on traditional harmonic progressions and conventional treatment of dissonance. Wide intervallic leaps are employed, and voice leading enjoys complete independence and freedom. The sense of tonality (or modality) is very strong, due to the complete absence of chromaticisms and alterations. It can be stated that pandiatonic music is always modal, however, modal music is not necessarily pandiatonic. This occurs because in modality traditional chord…

most obvious, since they portray a specific message through spoken language. Many people enjoy being able to relate to the content of a song’s lyrics, and often find comfort in the way the songwriter is able to describe a similar feeling or experience in ways more eloquent than the average person might be able to. However, the content of the lyrics aren’t always clear to the casual listener. In these cases, key and tempo are more likely to influence the emotion incited by a particular song.…

Sexual rights are universal amongst human beings. One’s sexual rights entails “the right to sexual expression, the right to privacy, the right to be informed about and have access to needed services, the right to choose ones marital status, the right to have or not have children, and the right to make ones own decision and develop to ones full potential” (Yarber, p. 413). Every single person, e.g. man, a woman, a disabled-person, etc., is entitled to his/her sexual rights; therefore, preventing…

California laws, one particular abortion law is the cause of much controversy. This controversial California law states that a parent’s approval for an underaged girl to obtain an abortion is not mandatory (National Center for Youth Law). There are many who oppose this law but there are others who support it. Parental notification and approval should be mandatory for a minor to receive an abortion since the parent/guardian is legally responsible for the minor and the underaged girl’s health can…