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A Review of State Laws.(abortion and parental consent)(Statistical Data Included)

Our Daughters' Decisions: The Conflict in State Law on Abortion and Other Issues

| January 01, 1992 | COPYRIGHT 1992 Guttmacher Institute. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

To clarify the issues surrounding parental involvement for abortion, the AGI examined the state statutes that affect the right of an unmarried or otherwise unemancipated minor to obtain certain types of medical care. These are contraceptive services; prenatal care and delivery services; the diagnosis of and treatment for an STD, or venereal disease (VD), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection; treatment for drug and alcohol abuse; treatment for emotional problems; general medical and surgical care in nonemergency situations; and abortion services. The AGI also reviewed laws dealing with other areas in which a young person might have to make important or ...

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