A furor is growing in England as parents learn that hundreds of their daughters age 13 to 16 are receiving contraceptive implants or injections from their school nurses without their knowledge or consent.
Tag Archives: parental consent
HHS Mandate Allows 15 Year-Olds to be Sterilized Without Parental Consent
Although most of the fire directed against the Obama Administration’s birth control mandate concerns its blatant infringement of religious freedom, this rule also allows people as young as 15 to be sterilized without their parent’s knowledge or consent.
Parental Permission Needed for Tanning Beds – Why Not Abortion?
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Connecticut lawmakers displayed an appallingly lopsided set of priorities this week when they decided to toss out a bill requiring minors to get parental permission before using tanning parlors rather than allow a pro-life lawmaker to require the same permission for minors seeking an abortion.
British Schools Dispense Plan B to 11 year-olds Without Parental Consent
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
As part of a government drive to cut teenage pregnancy, sexual health clinics in secondary schools in England are now dispensing the “morning after pill” without parental permission to girls as young as 11 years old.
Parental Consent Law Being Blocked in Congress
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Pro-life lawmakers were forced to hold an unofficial hearing on a bill that will make it a crime for minors to be transported across state lines for an abortion without parental consent after Democratic lawmakers blocked a hearing on the measure.
