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Nicole06
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What Are the Rights of the Teenager?
Posted: 09-28-06 11:36am
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My daughter has a friend who thinks she
could be pg. Her parents found out and
asked her about it and she didn't lie to
them. They are taking her for a pg. Test
and told her if she was that she had to
abort the baby. She does not want to do
this what rights does she have?
Any advice would be great thanks
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Moo
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Posted: 09-28-06 11:51am
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I'm afraid i'm not sure in the us but
here, provided she is deemed capable of
understanding the nature of the procedure
she is capable of making the decision
herself without parental consent or
information
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Nataliachick7
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Posted: 09-28-06 13:03pm
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Her body, her choice. Her parents cant
make her do anything she doesnt want to
with her own body.
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Tylanas
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Posted: 09-28-06 13:27pm
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Her parents cannot force her to abort. If
she is deemed capable of carrying the
pregnancy, and capable of providing for
the child if she wants to keep it, then
she has every right to do so. However,
she does need to consider the advantages
and disadvantages of abortion, adoption,
or keeping, on her own time, away from her
parents.
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diamond splinter
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Posted: 09-28-06 15:02pm
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She doesn't have to do anything she
doesn't want to do tell her to contact
life uk they will help her all she can and
offer councling whatever her descion
http://www.Lifeuk.Org/
tel# 01926 421587 / 311667 / 316737
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Nataliachick7
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Posted: 09-28-06 15:09pm
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| diamond splinter
wrote: | she doesn't have to do
anything she doesn't want to do tell her
to contact life uk they will help her all
she can and offer councling whatever her
descion
http://www.Lifeuk.Org/
tel# 01926 421587 / 311667 /
316737 |
i think shes in the usa.
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diamond splinter
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Posted: 09-28-06 16:23pm
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| nataliachick7
wrote: | | diamond splinter
wrote: | she doesn't have to do
anything she doesn't want to do tell her
to contact life uk they will help her all
she can and offer councling whatever her
descion
http://www.Lifeuk.Org/
tel# 01926 421587 / 311667 /
316737 |
i think shes in the
usa. |
oops sorry I keep forgeting i'm on a
dominantly u.S board 
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sandyallen
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Posted: 09-28-06 16:45pm
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She can contact a social service worker in
her area. She has her choices and does
not have to abort.
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Posted: 09-28-06 21:03pm
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She should call to some kind of social
service teen pregnancy center and ask for
help there. She is going to have it rough
with her parents, i'm pretty sure they
will threathen her really bad like kicking
her out of the house if she wants to keep
the baby and so forth.
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Moo
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Posted: 09-29-06 01:42am
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| nataliachick7
wrote: | | diamond splinter
wrote: | she doesn't have to do
anything she doesn't want to do tell her
to contact life uk they will help her all
she can and offer councling whatever her
descion
http://www.Lifeuk.Org/
tel# 01926 421587 / 311667 /
316737 |
i think shes in the
usa. |
also, they will not help "whatever her
decision" as it's a pro-life organisation
and will not offer neutral counselling
(which is always a good idea when making
this decision)
i wish her the best of luck, whatever she
chooses
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diamond splinter
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Posted: 09-29-06 02:10am
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| moo
wrote: | | nataliachick7
wrote: | | diamond splinter
wrote: | she doesn't have to do
anything she doesn't want to do tell her
to contact life uk they will help her all
she can and offer councling whatever her
descion
http://www.Lifeuk.Org/
tel# 01926 421587 / 311667 /
316737 |
i think shes in the
usa. |
also, they will not help "whatever her
decision" as it's a pro-life organisation
and will not offer neutral counselling
(which is always a good idea when making
this decision)
i wish her the best of luck, whatever she
chooses |
actually life uk will help her with any
descion she makes they have helped women
looking to abort a few times they point
them in the direction of councling and of
other clinics that have the resources they
need .
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cherry88
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Posted: 09-29-06 07:21am
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I agree with everone else, whether shes 18
or 14( im guessing shes in the usa too?)
they have absolute no right to make her
abort! Like everyone else said.Her body
her choice. If they still try and make
her, she can get one of those divorce your
parent things. If you actually do do that
in america.
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Tazzy D
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Posted: 09-29-06 08:02am
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Tell her if they try to take her to the
abortion clinic tell them that she doesnt
want to have it and she is being forced.
Tell her to go to her school counselor and
tell them what is going on and etc. I
wish her luck, but my parents made me get
one but this was years ago I hope things
have changed for her sake
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Posted: 09-29-06 14:25pm
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This is kind of a sticky sitiuation, I
believe in the motto"my body my choice"
but with a teenager different rules
apply.
First hand the parent are her parent till
she deemed an adult by law and then she
can make her own desicions, the parents
can actually fight this in a court of law
as they are her guardians and unless she
can deem her self an adult the parents can
make their say.
Life sucks but the law goes both ways here
and you need to understand the parents
choice as well even if it is wrong
morally, im hoping it doesnt go to court
but like everyone else said she needs to
talk to a counsellor.
Preferabbly she needs to talk to a social
worker for childrens aid, they can pull
her out and help become an adult as well
provide what she needs as was written by
both canadian and state laws.
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diamond splinter
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Posted: 09-29-06 15:47pm
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| diamondsz
wrote: | this is kind of a sticky
sitiuation, I believe in the motto"my body
my choice" but with a teenager different
rules apply.
First hand the parent are her parent till
she deemed an adult by law and then she
can make her own desicions, the parents
can actually fight this in a court of law
as they are her guardians and unless she
can deem her self an adult the parents can
make their say.
Life sucks but the law goes both ways here
and you need to understand the parents
choice as well even if it is wrong
morally, im hoping it doesnt go to court
but like everyone else said she needs to
talk to a counsellor.
Preferabbly she needs to talk to a social
worker for childrens aid, they can pull
her out and help become an adult as well
provide what she needs as was written by
both canadian and state
laws. |
how are the rules different for teenagers?
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Nataliachick7
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Posted: 09-29-06 16:32pm
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[quote="diamondsz"]
the parents can actually fight this in a
court of law as they are her guardians and
unless she can deem her self an adult the
parents can make their say.
[quote]
the parents have no say in this. They
cannot tell her what to do with her own
child and her own body. They do not own
her body.
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Posted: 09-29-06 18:30pm
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[quote="nataliachick7"][quote="diamondsz"]
the parents can actually fight this in a
court of law as they are her guardians and
unless she can deem her self an adult the
parents can make their say.
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the parents have no say in this. They
cannot tell her what to do with her own
child and her own body. They do not
own her body. |
they dont but then again she doesnt have
to live with her parents either, there is
ways around everything, yes it is her body
but because she is a teenager and still
under her parent law the can deem her
unfit to have a child!
Ill get my sis to post on this tommorrow
shes the one with the law degree if I can
get her too
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Nataliachick7
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Posted: 09-29-06 18:40pm
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[quote="diamondsz"][quote="nataliachick7"]
| diamondsz
wrote: |
the parents can actually fight this in a
court of law as they are her guardians and
unless she can deem her self an adult the
parents can make their say.
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the parents have no say in this.
They cannot tell her what to do with her
own child and her own body. They do
not own her
body. |
they dont but then again she doesnt have
to live with her parents either, there is
ways around everything, yes it is her body
but because she is a teenager and still
under her parent law the can deem her
unfit to have a child!
Ill get my sis to post on this tommorrow
shes the one with the law degree if I can
get her too |
just because she is a teenager and living
with her parents doesnt mean she is unfit
to be a mother. They cannot tell her
what to do period. They can threaten to
kick her out etc, but they have no say in
what she does with her body. Im sure
most of the people in the teen forum are
teens and live with their parents, that
doesnt make them unfit to be parents.
Unfit to be a parent is if you are a
druggie, abusive, etc.
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Posted: 09-30-06 01:07am
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The dumb teenager gets to choose whether
or not she wants to keep the kid, but the
parents have no choice in terms of whether
or not they want an infant in their
home...Go figure. I think that, since the
teen's parents will most likely be paying
for and caring for this child, they should
have some kind of a say in the matter,
especially if the girl is a minor.
But since the laws tend to always work in
favor of the blessed mommy, I hope this
girl's parents will have enough sense to
boot her stupid, immature a** out the
door. If she's mature enough to be a
parent, then she's definitely mature
enough to get a job and find her own place
to live - working and paying bills is
child's play (no pun intended) compared to
real parenting.
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Posted: 09-30-06 09:33am
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| cambion
wrote: | the dumb teenager gets to
choose whether or not she wants to keep
the kid, but the parents have no choice in
terms of whether or not they want an
infant in their home...Go figure. I
think that, since the teen's parents will
most likely be paying for and caring for
this child, they should have some kind of
a say in the matter, especially if the
girl is a minor.
But since the laws tend to always work in
favor of the blessed mommy, I hope this
girl's parents will have enough sense to
boot her stupid, immature a** out the
door. If she's mature enough to be a
parent, then she's definitely mature
enough to get a job and find her own place
to live - working and paying bills is
child's play (no pun intended) compared to
real
parenting. |
no, I think the parents do have a choice;
they can always disown their child and/or
kick her out. Personally I agree, if the
daughter thinks she's mature enough to
care for a baby, she's mature enough to
get a job and live on her own or -
preferrably - with the father of the baby,
unless he's an abusive dick.
Hell, they should get married, in my book.
They were "in love" enough to bring a
screaming infant into the world together,
they should spend at least the next 18
years of life together, raising their love
child.
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