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December 01, 2005

Speakout

I wrote to Fox about the New Hampshire parental notification law. The body of the email is below.

I grew up in New Hampshire. One thing I have always been proud of is being able to say I come from the "Live Free or Die" state. That freedom is more important than anything else. With the institution of this parental notification law, New Hampshire is coming under fire from several civil rights groups, including the National Youth Rights Association (www.youthrights.org). It disappoints me to see a state so in love with freedom restricting the ability of women to choose privately based on something as irrelevant as age. A woman under 18 is considered emancipated when she bears a child because she is considered responsible enough to make decisions for herself and her child, and yet that same consideration does not apply to women who are simply pregnant. Why is a seventeen year old less capable of making a decision without her parents' knowledge than an eighteen year old?

Leaving aside the lack of a clause allowing for health of the mother, I notice that it is a notification rather than a consent law. No permission is required from the parents, rather, it simply requires they be told, or that a judge be told. This violates confidentiality laws and medical ethics. We do not require that a parent be told when their teenager is being treated for an STD, quite the contrary. We hold that the doctor cannot legally or ethically tell a parent that their child is taking doxycycline, azithromycin, or ciprofloxacin for treatment. It is meant to act as a deterrent, yet another sign of the nanny-statism which has become so prevalent in our government.

Another concern over the notification law is that it will simply drive abortions back into alleyways and cellars, resulting in a loss of life or fertility. Women are going to have abortions. Many realize that they are not ready to have a child, and make the difficult, but appropriate decision. However, many young women are stuck in a position where they are terrified, unable to approach even a teacher or counselor, let alone their parents or a judge. Unfortunately, sometimes it is the teacher or parent who is responsible.

This law will not act as a deterrent. The only thing that will is to have better, more comprehensive education on prevention, as well as a greater availability of birth control, the morning after pill, and RU-486. Give teens more control over their bodies and you will find that they act with responsibility. If teens are treated as toddlers, not trusted to make their own decisions and mistakes, then they will never grow up to become good members of society.

Posted by Kat at December 1, 2005 10:57 AM

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