Parental+Consent

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INTEREST GROUPS
National Right to Life Committee [|Overview], [|Link 1], [|Link2], [|Link3]

Planned Parenthood [|here] Heritage Foundation [|Overview], [|Link 1] American Medical Association's (AMA) Council on Ethics and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) guidelines on parental consent -

**LINKS FOR STATISTICS ASSIGNMENT**
[|Parental Consent Map] [|Gallup poll]- public opinion poll on parental consent

JUDICIAL BRANCH
Suggested cases for you to review include (choose one):
 * best choice - //Lambert v. Wicklund - [|link 1] - see also brief summary at overview link below.//

//An overview of the cases listed below can be found at this[| link:]// //Bellotti v. Baird// //Webster v. Reproductive Health Services// //Planned Parenthood v. Casey// //Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England//

Here is [|one helpful resource link] (type in case name in search box). The library has a number of **excellent** resources. You may use other online sources as well (with the exception of wikipedia).

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
For this topic, you might want to go one of two directions. You might want to look at a specific parental consent/notification law for a given state (like Maine). New Hampshire also has been in the news for its parental consent law, and it would be helpful to understand that law. You may also want to research a federal law that ultimately did not pass, but it would still be fine to research and write about this bill.

__**INFORMATION ABOUT STATE LAWS**__ Information on **State Laws** concerning Parental Consent for Abortions can be found [|here]. (Please scroll down to the heading titled, "Adolescents.") Maine law - click [|here] (there also is a .pdf version available at this website). A list of [|requirements by state] New Hampshire Parental Consent Law - Actual [|text] of bill [|Proposed law] for Californians in 2008 elections

__**PROPOSED FEDERAL LAW**__ [|CBS News] [|Center for Reproductive Rights] (includes helpful graphics)
 * Federal Teen Endangerment Law** - One version was passed by the US House of Representatives, a different version by the US Senate. The House of Rep. then passed an amended law, but the Senate did not, effectively killing the legislation. Some links here help to explain this process.

Here is where this federal law stands currently in the [|Senate].

__**HELPFUL RESOURCES**__ [|Definitions] of parental consent, parental notification, etc. [|Overview] of parental consent from Guttmacher Institute.
 * What is judicial bypass? ** A judge may allow a minor to get an abortion without parental consent or notification even if the state requires it. In order to get a judicial bypass, an application is filed at a court and a confidential hearing takes place. In some states, minors are provided with free legal representation.

[|Polling Data on Topic]