Update
Parents typically do not want to imagine their teens having an abortion, but hundreds of thousands of teen girls become pregnant every year in the United States, and most of those pregnancies are unplanned.
According to the CDC,teen pregnancieshave sharply declined sharply over the past decade thanks to increased campaigns aimed at educating young people aboutbirth control. But, the United States still has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the industrialized world.
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Alabama
Abortion is banned in Alabama with very limited exceptions, but state law still says that for minors:
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
Abortion is banned in Arkansas with very limited exceptions, but state law still says that for minors:
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Abortion is banned in Idaho with very limited exceptions, but state law still says that for minors:
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Abortion is banned in Kentucky with very limited exceptions, but state law still says that for minors:
Louisiana
Abortion is banned in Louisiana with very limited exceptions, but state law still says that for minors:
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Abortion is banned in Mississippi with very limited exceptions, but state law still says that for minors:
Missouri
Abortion is banned in Missouri with very limited exceptions, but state law still says that for minors:
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Abortion is banned in Oklahoma with very limited exceptions, but state law still says that for minors:
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Abortion is banned in South Dakota with very limited exceptions, but state law still says that for minors:
Tennessee
Abortion is banned in Tennessee with very limited exceptions, but state law still says that for minors:
Texas
Abortion is banned in Texas with very limited exceptions, but state law still says that for minors:
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Abortion is banned in West Virginia with very limited exceptions, but state law still says that for minors:
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Prevent Unplanned Pregnancy
Have frequent conversations with your teen about difficult subjects, likesexandbirth control. Providing facts, as well as information about your values, can influence your teen’s decisions.
5 Sources
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Planned Parenthood.Parental consent and notification laws.
Guttmacher Institute.Parental involvement in minors' abortions.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.About teen pregnancy.
Altshuler AL, Gerns Storey HL, Prager SW.Exploring abortion attitudes of US adolescents and young adults using social media.Contraception. 2015 Mar;91(3):226-33. doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2014.11.009
Guttmacher Institute:Teens
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