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Ohio Makes It Even More Difficult For Teens To Get Abortions

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by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

September 28, 2011 - 1:16pm (Print)

A new bill will let judges decide if minors were "coached" on how to get judicial bypass.

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Nebraska and Ohio Latest States to Try to Pass Parental Consent Laws

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by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

March 20, 2011 - 9:33pm (Print)

Nebraska is proposing a parental consent law for teens seeking abortions, while Ohio contemplates making the judicial bypass process even harder.

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Morning Roundup: PA News Organizations Petition to Unseal Minor's Denied Judicial Bypass

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by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check

February 18, 2011 - 10:46am (Print)

More on the anti-choice Biebs, House member discusses her abortion at 17 weeks, Alaska moves forward with "Choose Life" plate legislation, Texas mandatory ultrasound bill advances, and Pittsburgh news organizations want to unseal a minor's denied request for a judicial bypass.

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Morning Roundup: Baltimore CPC Law Struck Down

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by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check

January 31, 2011 - 11:39am (Print)

Oral sex and head and neck cancer, Baltimore CPC law is struck down, parental notification in New Mexico, making judicial bypass harder on teens, and a cosponsor of the "it's not rape unless you're forced" bill says they didn't mean it that way.

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A Pioneering Effort to Increase Rural Women's Access to Safe Abortion in Iowa

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by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check

August 23, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)

Planned Parenthood of the Heartland deserves a medal for seeking to address the geographic (and often economic) disparity in access to abortion in a smart and safe way.

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Like Literacy Tests Before Them, Parental Notification and Consent Laws Are Meant to Punish and Humiliate

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by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

February 16, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)

Parental notification and consent laws are sold as a public good and as protection for teenagers, but are really only about humiliating and punishing them.

Follow Amanda Marcotte on Twitter, @amandamarcotte

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Illinois Judge Issues Temporary Restraining Order on Enforcement of Parental Notification Law

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

November 5, 2009 - 1:00pm (Print)

An Illinois judge has issued a temporary restraining order delaying enforcement of a law requiring doctors to notify parents of teens who are seeking an abortion. The order was issued in response to a request by the American Civil Liberties Union, and will remain in effect until hearings on why the law should not be put into effect.

Follow Jodi Jacobson on Twitter, @jljacobson

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Parental Notification Law Will Only Harm Illinois' Young Women

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by Soo Ji Min, Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health

August 21, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

While parental notification laws are intended to protect young women, they assume that all young women can safely involve their family in the decision to terminate a pregnancy.
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"Who's Going To Watch An Entire Show About Abortion?"

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by Amie Newman

November 11, 2008 - 3:22am (Print)

Last night the television show Boston Legal attempted to address parental consent laws for abortion. Let me just say that to root a story about abortion on the perspectives of two older men is, well, interesting.

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