Women have the biological ability to conceive children, and the circumstances surrounding one’s pregnancy can place her into quite the predicament. An option people consider is abortion, “the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy” (dictionary). Teen girls who are minors specifically have restrictions on their ability to do so, in place by the law, requiring parental consent depending on their state’s jurisdiction. These rulings need to be abolished because, young women should be able to have the right to make their own decision when it comes to their body, and not let their parents interfere in the ultimate choice that they have to decide in terms of an abortion.
Numerous states require parental involvement
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There are also time limits on abortion in some states. If you need a judicial bypass, it can take a while to get through the process. In any case, if someone cannot get the right paperwork or approval in time, then they are denied the opportunity to have an abortion. “Most medical communities establish 24 weeks gestation, the latter part of the second trimester, as the earliest time of viability” (American Pregnancy Association). The availability of any procedure used in the third trimester is overall illegal. Likewise, a critical number of states require the judge to discover "clear and persuading proof" that the minor is adequately mature or that the abortion is to her greatest advantage before deferring the state's parental inclusion prerequisite. This is a stricter standard that is for the most part required in common cases. Parental association necessities are postponed if there is a therapeutic crisis or the minor is the casualty of abuse or disregard.
Access to legal, professionally-performed abortions reduces maternal injury and death caused by unsafe, illegal abortions. According to Daniel R. Mishell, Jr., MD, Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, before abortion was legalized women would frequently try to