parental consent laws

California Allows Young People to Access the HPV Vaccine Without Parental Consent

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by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check

October 11, 2011 - 12:12pm (Print)

On Sunday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a new law which allows minors to access STD-prevention services, including the now highly political HPV vaccine, without parental consent.

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Parental Involvement Laws Have No Effect on Abortion Rates

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by Sharon Camp, Guttmacher Institute

October 24, 2008 - 11:00am (Print)

Antiabortion activists claim that state laws requiring parental involvement for minors have been a major contributing factor to declining abortion rates in the United States. Studies prove them wrong.
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McCain, Obama Worlds Apart on Safe Abortion Access

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by Emily Douglas

October 14, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

On access to safe, legal abortion, John McCain and Barack Obama could hardly be more different.
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