Who Decides? - The Abortion Rights of Teens (Hardcover)

The question of whether a young woman should be allowed to terminate a pregnancy without her parents' knowledge has been one of the most contentious issues of the post Roe v. Wade era. Parental involvement laws reach to the core of the parent-teen relationship in the highly contested realm of adolescent sexuality. This is the first book to examine in thorough detail the decision-making experiences of teens considering abortion. Shoshanna Ehrlich evaluates the Supreme Court's efforts to reconcile the historically based understanding of teens as dependent persons in need of protection with a more contemporary understanding of them as autonomous individuals with adult-like claims to constitutional recognition. Arriving at a compromise, the Court has made clear that, like adult women, teens have a protected right of choice, but that states may impose a parental involvement requirement. However, so that parents are not vested with veto power over their daughters' decisions, young women must be allowed to seek a waiver of the requirement. Integrating a wealth of social science literature, including in-depth interviews with 26 young women from Massachusetts who obtained court authorization for an abortion, the book raises important questions about the logic of a legal approach that requires young women to involve adults when they seek to terminate a pregnancy, but that allows them to make a decision to become mothers on their own.

General

Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2006
First published:	April 2006
Authors:	J. Shoshanna Ehrlich
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-275-98321-5
Categories:	Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical ethics Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Ethical issues & debates > Abortion
LSN:	0-275-98321-8
Barcode:	9780275983215

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