"In California, a young girl under the age of 18 can't get a flu shot or an aspirin from the school nurse without a parent being notified," Paul Laubacher, a Sacramento nurse and the official ballot proponent of the Proposition 73 initiative, told the Bee. "But a doctor can perform an abortion without notifying a parent or guardian."
Indeed -- one of the great mysteries of the Universe.
7 posted on 09/22/2005 5:29:22 PM PDT by F16Fighter