Fertility and Parental Consent for Minors to Receive Contraceptives

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ID11033780
AutoresMadeline Zavodny (0000-0001-5966-1688, At the time of the study, Madeline Zavodny was with the Department of Economics, Occidental College, Los Angeles, Calif., autor correspondente)
Ano2004
Volume94
Fascículo8
Páginas1347-1351
Data de publicação2004-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.94.8.1347
PMID15284042
OpenAlexW2106201946
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas10

Objectives. I examined the effect of imposing a requirement for parental consent before minors can receive medical contraceptives. Methods. Birth and abortions among teens, relative to adults, in a suburban Illinois county that imposed a parental consent requirement in 1998 were compared with births and abortions in nearby counties during the period 1997–2000. Results. The relative proportion of births to women under age 19 years in the county rose significantly compared with nearby counties, whereas the relative proportion of abortions to women under age 20 years declined insignificantly, with a relative increase in the proportion of pregnancies (births and abortions) to young women in the county. Conclusions. Imposing a parental consent requirement for contraceptives, but not abortions, appears to raise the frequency of pregnancies and births among young women

Abortion · Alternative medicine · Confidence interval · Developed country · Environmental health · Family planning · Fertility · Gynecology · Induced Abortions · Informed consent · Obstetrics · Parental consent · Population · Pregnancy · Relative risk · Research methodology · Demography · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Medicine · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Reproductive Health and Technologies