Greg B.,

Times have indeed changed. The question is what to do about it. For forty years, easier and earlier access to birth control has been promoted as part of the solution. My point (and, I suppose, the point of TRUBRITT's son) is that it hasn't worked.

The second quote is not mine, but rather Becca72's. However, as a physician and parent (and formerly, very briefly, a child protective service worker), I do "have a problem with" the idea that parental consent laws should not cover reproductive health. I can't legally remove a wart from a girl's big toe without parental permission, but it's O.K. if I remove a child from her womb without even their knowledge?!

Kent