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Why would you trust a teen to raise a kid, but not to have an abortion?
Dealing with an unplanned and unwanted pregnancy is a difficult experience for anyone. But for teenagers, who have to juggle increasing, and increasingly complicated, financial and legal barriers to abortion access, “difficult” becomes nearly impossible. And it shouldn’t be. For instance, 21 states require parental consent before a teenager can have an abortion; 13 mandate that at least one parent be notified; and five states mandate both consent and notification.
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I´d say the problem isn´t that the law thinks they are mature enough for that. It simply thinks that they shouldn´t be pregnant. Lawmakers seem to have no idea of how to handle teen pregnancy.