Seventeen states have no laws requiring parental notification before a minor daughter aborts. I live in one of them, Illinois. Here is one example how unobstructed minor "choice" translates. The incident occurred less than a week ago. Jack* arrived home the morning of March 17 after working the midnight shift in time to see his two stepchildren off to school. His wife, Shane*, had already left for her job as a school bus driver. But 14-year-old Nicole* was nowhere to be found. Jack was promptly worried. Nicole had recently told her family she was pregnant by 16-year-old boyfriend Mark*, and...