This is so skewed. Of course a child is going to be reluctant to tell her parents that she is pregnant if she has been taught that her behavior is wrong. That doesn't mean that even though they may be disappointed in her that they aren't going to continue to love and support her.
It's my child. A minor. I am the legal guardian. I am responsible for that child. The child fails in school, I'm the one the school calls. The child gets a speeding ticket, I'm the one who pay for the insurance hike. The child wants to get married, I'm the one who has to sign the forms. The child wants to get an abortion, I darn well better be informed before hand.
Actually this is a pretty good piece for Saunders. She's normally a pro-abort.
Its a very strange thing, but a lot of good parents are closed minded about their 14 year old daughter getting knocked up. They are even more closed minded about that daughter making a decision without them, which may effect her mentally and physically for the rest of her life.
It's amazing here in California my daughter can't even take an aspirin at school without a letter from me and our doctor. Meanwhile it is OK for her to leave school, have an abortion, and go back to school like nothing happened and the district won't tell me a thing.
It seems like a no-brainer--except to mind-numb liberals.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: abortion is a SURGICAL procedure. What OTHER surgical procedure can be performed on a CHILD without a parent or guardian's permission?
Why on earth not?
Hell parents should have VETO rights over elective minor abortions in non life threatening situations. 2nd amendment rights are true constitutional rights, not spurious made up ones like "a woman's right to choose" yet we abridge minor's RKBA all the time. Maybe this right is so absolute because it is made up as we go along?
Nonsense.