AZ Parental Consent Law
UpheldAn Arizona U.S. District Court
Judge upheld an Arizona State law requiring parental
consent for minors seeking an abortion, ending a
preliminary injunction and making AZ the 33rd state to
implement a parental consent law. Planned Parenthood of
Central and Northern AZ opposed the law and won a
preliminary injunction last year, on the grounds that it
did not adequately ensure the confidentiality of girls’
identities – especially in rural counties where judges
and court staff were likely to know the girls and their
families.
Planned Parenthood and other abortion
rights supporters oppose parental consent laws in any
state, on the grounds that they:
-Block young
women’s access to abortions under the guise of parental
rights
-Do not exempt rape victims, but prolongs the
trauma of rape with red tape
-Don’t allow for consent
by non-parental primary care givers – such as
grandparents
-Ignore legitimate fears of minors who
choose not to inform parents
-Encourage deferring
abortion until the 2nd trimester, which is medically
risky
-Limit the ability of doctors to provide
medically indicated care
-Ignore practical
difficulties in states with few courts and fewer
abortion providers
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Media Resources: Planned Parenthood of Central
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http://www.ppcna.org/pubaff/parental_consent.htm, Kaiser
Daily Repro Health Report - August 14,
2001 |
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