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Originally Posted by aceventura3
I believe in protecting children. I believe we all have a moral obligation to protect children....
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So does the medical community.
In opposing mandatory parental notification for girls requesting access to prescribed contraceptives, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and the National Medical Association do not support mandatory parental notification laws.
"...Ultimately, the health risks to adolescents are so impelling that legal barriers in deference to parental involvement should not stand in the way of needed care," the groups said.
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That is my nature. I don't trust anyone or anything until I have reason to trust - some people are the opposite. In addition I look at systems to see how the systems are set up incentive wise. In the case of PP their system of tolerance (no questions, almost no conditions for service) is a system with incentives to hide information that may be needed to protect children. Again, I would like to see objective data that can show the real net cost or benefit of PP to children. And, no - I would not trust data direct from PP - I would need data from an outside independent source.
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(editorial comment.....in numerous discussions, you appear to trust editorials/columns you read in IBD, WSJ, etc or studies from conservative/libertarian think tanks with an agenda that support you position despite the fact that they are not independent unbiased sources. Trust based on ideology, not independence?)
You have yet to provide any source that PPH's system is one of "tolerance (no questions, almost no conditions for service)..."
Putting that unsubstantiated allegation aside and addressing a core issue instead, in 1999, the University of Wisconsin surveyed sexually active girls in Wisconsin who received sexual health care at 33 Planned Parenthood clinics.
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Objective To determine the effect of mandatory parental notification for prescribed contraceptives on use of sexual health care services by adolescent girls.
Results Fifty-nine percent (n = 556) indicated they would stop using all sexual health care services, delay testing or treatment for HIV or other STDs, or discontinue use of specific (but not all) sexual health care services if their parents were informed that they were seeking prescribed contraceptives. Eleven percent indicated they would discontinue or delay STD tests or treatment, even though the survey made it clear that mandatory parental notification would occur only for prescribed contraceptives.
Conclusion Mandatory parental notification for prescribed contraceptives would impede girls' use of sexual health care services, potentially increasing teen pregnancies and the spread of STDs.
Effect of Mandatory Parental Notification on Adolescent Girls' Use of Sexual Health Care Services, August 14, 2002, Reddy et al. 288 (6): 710 ? JAMA
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In an additional sample that was included in the study,
"99% of adolescent girls in our additional sample who would stop using sexual health care services with parental notification indicated that they would continue having sexual intercourse....Given this information, requiring parental notification for obtaining prescribed contraceptives would likely increase unintended pregnancies, abortions, and out-of-wedlock births. "
ace ..it is not a leap to further conclude that "potentially increasing teen pregnancies and the spread of STDs" will result in higher societal costs down the road.