U.S. state New Hampshire repeals parental notice abortion law

[AUDRAA]

James just because your parents talked to you and you never had any oops pregnancies in your family doesnt mean they dont happen. Yes I agree that its the parents responsibility to talk to their children but give me a break here just because my mommy and daddy tell me not to go out and have sex doesnt mean its not going to happen and Ill guarentee thats not how it is in the majority of homes around the US. If you believe that you are sadly mistaken.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

Yes. I'm not saying they don't happen, but within myself and my siblings they didn't happen because we had the parents that talked about it. Just using my own personal experience as a teenager to make a point.

It's more than just saying "don't go out and have sex!" There is a LOT more to 'the talk' than mere warnings that go in one ear and out the other.

 

[AUDRAA]

Im still calling bullshit

 

[TheOriginalJames]

haha on what?

 

[AUDRAA]

Talk is cheap when you were that age how many times really did you believe anything that your parents said? You are invincible when youre a teenager that stuff doesnt happen to you... Its not until you see it happen to your friends or someone you know that it sinks in.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

That is also true, I agree wholly. My point is is even with teenagers being stubborn, you as a parent can still hammer points into their brain with repeated attempts at talking about it. For the most part, it's not like parents only get one chance at this in their childs lifetime.

 

[GraceAbounds]

That's what this law is accomoplishing, IMO. Parents need to be there for their kids.

IE; parents need to TALK TO THEIR CHILDREN about sex, pregnancy, abortions, children, and the whole la-de-da.

Education prevents underage pregnancies (aside from rape).

Education prevents a lot of things that SHOULDN'T take place, but sadly enough in todays society it's all about both parents working, both parents taking a semi-active role in their child's upbringing.

Between my brother, myself and my sister, none of us had kids before the age of 20. This came from education and parents who talked to us.

The law that was repealed should never have been voted in in the first place.

Wrong. This law is stating kids can get abortions without their parents consent. Meaning that my child can die from complications of a surgery that I was never made aware that she was even having.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

Wrong. This law is stating kids can get abortions without their parents consent. Meaning that my child can die from complications of a surgery that I was never made aware that she was even having.

Damnit, I am not wrong. The very first word in your response here is fairly pathetic and goes against an actual debate.

I know what the repealing of this law means. I'm very clear on this, so you don't need to (incorrectly state btw) this back to me.

The repealing of this law is putting responsibility for a childs actions PRIOR to needing an abortion back into their parents hands. Now the parents have to step back up into the parenting game and teach, and talk to their children.

The repealing of this law is also allowing teenagers who were wrongfully impregnated (again, rape) the chance to take care of themselves the way they choose without the necessity of parental intervention.

Every case is different. I'm all for the repealing of this nonsense. People under the age of 18 have rights as well. To say that you MUST have parental consent to end something you may not have wanted (which sometimes causes problems within that family) is ridiculous.

 

[GraceAbounds]

To say that you MUST have parental consent to end something you may not have wanted (which sometimes causes problems within that family) is ridiculous.

I disagree.

I need no law to tell me to step up and teach and talk to my children about sex. As soon as they were old enough to ask, we consider them old enough to get an answer. I don't need the government for this. And anyone that does isn't going to be raising their kids right or giving a rat's butt about their kids anyway.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

I disagree.

I need no law to tell me to step up and teach and talk to my children about sex. As soon as they were old enough to ask, we consider them old enough to get an answer. I don't need the government for this. And anyone that does isn't going to be raising their kids right or giving a rat's butt about their kids anyway.

That's my point. Parents need to be able to step up and discuss the hard to talk about issues prior to problematic situations rising.

 

[GraceAbounds]

Yes they do, but a law is not going to make parents do this.

No one has yet to answer the flip side of the coin about the child that commits suicide 3 months after having an abortion that her parents have no clue about. Just maybe if her parents had know what she had been through they could have gotten their daughter help/counseling.

I understand some of the points being made here, but there is a flip side here. And I for one would want to (God forgive me) kill someone if my daughter died because of complications of a surgery I didn't know about or from committing suicide because she didn't tell me she was depressed due to an abortion she had that I didn't know about.