Parental consent is needed for piercing body parts. Why not for abortion?
The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) has, in all its massive wisdom, declared that parental consent for abortion is harmful. The organization released a report this week on the Michigan state law passed in 1991, which demands permission from a parent before the procedure can be conducted on a minor.
The survey solicited opinions from attorneys who have fought against parental consent, abortion providers, and primary care physicians who provide health care to reproductive-age minors:
“Michigan’s parental consent law violates a range of human rights, including young people’s rights to health, to privacy and confidentiality of health services and information, to nondiscrimination and equality, to decide the number and spacing of children, and to…
