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Tax-Funded Sterilizations for Teenagers (No Parental Consent Required?)
PJ Media ^ | August 15, 2012 | La Shawn Barber

Posted on 08/16/2012 5:31:16 AM PDT by SumProVita

In Oregon, a 15-year-old cannot obtain a driver's license or legally drink alcohol, but she can ask a doctor to make her infertile.

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A story on CNSNews goes into detail about an Obamacare regulation that took effect on August 1 that requires health care plans in the U.S. to provide taxpayer-funded (or free, in liberal terminology) contraceptive methods that include sterilization “for women with reproductive capacity.”

Because the recommendation doesn’t specify age, it theoretically could apply to any menstruating girl. CNSNews learned that Oregon allows a minor to consent to sterilization. In that state, a 15-year-old girl can give her “informed consent” to allowing a doctor to render her permanently barren. Whether her parents approve or not has no bearing on her choice.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: eugenics; sterilization
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To: ArrogantBustard

That is the most revealing picture.


21 posted on 08/16/2012 8:03:23 AM PDT by Tax-chick (It's not poetic justice, but it's something awfully close to it.)
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To: All; SumProVita
This may be available in CA under a law passed in the past year or two; of not might be soon enough.

It was AB499 from Toni Atkins. Anyone 13 and older could themselves consent on sexual-activity related "health treatment" including things like STD vaccinations.

22 posted on 08/16/2012 11:50:12 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Election night is 82 days away.)
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