Currently, a minor (male of female) is able to receive confidential medical treatment for mental health conditions, drug and alcohol abuse, and sexually transmitted diseases. ... Poor mental health, addictions, diseases, and pregnancy all have the potential to be life-altering events in a young persons life. ... Otherwise, I believe it should be left up to the teens to decide whether or not it is in their best interest to tell their parents about what they are going through. ... That is what this bill does. ... What they will not tell you is that, though teen abortions decreased in Virgi...

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In extreme cases they can be carried out up to week 24 if it is life threatening for the mother, or if any genetic mistakes have been spotted, but you would have to give birth to the baby. Though now a days, with help of technology, premature babies can be saved from week 23, so this creates a problem if you want to carry out abortion this late. ... Or would she ultimately be more mature and more at peace with herself if she could remember that, even though she became pregnant unwillingly, she nevertheless solved her problem by being unselfish, by giving of herself and of her love to an inno...

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No one can reasonably deny this, but it exacerbates a problem which has always been an issue, such as how do you treat those patients who are alive, but are not living lives they think are worthwhile, and have no prospects for anything better. ... Examples of those suffering from physical and psychological burdens are those who are living with Parkinson's disease, AIDS and even severe brain trauma, and many others who have been faced with life altering illnesses. ... You see similar situations when people elect to have a do not resuscitate order, because they want to avoid what life mig...

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Abortion has been around for centuries in the United States and to understand how abortion became a social issue and how it developed you must explore the history of it. ... Pro-choice activists believe that woman have the right to choose what to do with their own bodies. ... However, pro-life activists argue that if there is an indication of a deformity of disease it does not guarantee that the child will be born into a life of suffering. Also through love and support anyone with any form of deformity or disease can live a normal life. ... The two opposing sides of abortion are obvious but...

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