Well, not exactly. If they're a minor, they get the abortion anyway (unless they're very, very young - like your 7 yr old - in which case the court orders it) because these "clinics" do not notify the parents, regardless of the law. A huge number of the abortions they perform on minors are on girls who were impregnated by someone at least 12 years older than the girl (Mom's "boyfriend," etc.). And of course they never report it.
People in most parts of the US can get an abortion after seeing the receptionist. Forget the nurse.
Well, not exactly.
I'm sorry that my post was apparently not presented in a manner that was sufficiently clear. Taken in full and in context, it was intended to provide a definition of the medical-legal term informed consent in a general sense and in terms of the proposals set forth in the article, and for what it was intended to be, it remains correct.. I was not suggesting that the legal definition is what is always actually occurring in the real world and specifically in the matter of abortion, one of the most highly politicized medical arenas in existence,. along with AIDS which has it's own special set of rules. I had hoped to make the general nature of my response apparent by my use of examples which did not include abortion, and in fact were intentionally nonspecific so that the general sense of what I was saying would be adequately conveyed.. I'm hoping that everyone is fully aware that not everything works out in practice the way it's originally intended to, particularly in matters that are highly politicized.