Table of Contents
Foreword 1
Introduction 4
Chronology 7
1 A State Cannot Require Parental Consent for a Minor's Abortion The US Supreme Court's Decision Harry Blackmun 11
2 States Should Have the Right to Require Parental Consent Before a Minor's Abortion Concurring and Dissenting Opinion John Paul Stevens 17
3 Parental Consent Can Be Required Before a Minor's Abortion Can Be Performed The US Supreme Court's Decision Lewis F. Powell Jr. 23
4 No Choice for Teens Amy Bach 37
5 Parental Consent Laws Protect the Health of Minors Teresa S. Collett 43
6 Parents Fault Parental Consent Laws for Their Daughter's Death After an Unsafe Abortion Personal Narrative Bill Karen Bell 50
7 Minors Have the Right to Access Contraceptives The US Supreme Court's Decision William J. Brennan 55
8 Limiting Teens' Access to Contraception Unless They Obtain Parental Consent Puts Them at Risk American Civil Liberties Union 65
9 A Teen Decides to Seek Contraception Without Talking to Her Parents Personal Narrative Anonymous 73
10 Laws Targeting Men as the Perpetrators of Statutory Rape Are Just The US Supreme Court's Decision William Rehnquist 78
11 Laws Targeting Men as the Perpetrators of Statutory Rape Are Unconstitutional Dissenting Opinion William J. Brennan 87
12 A Child Thirteen or Younger Cannot Be Charged with Statutory Rape for Sex with Peers in Most Cases The Ohio Supreme Court's Decision Judith Ann Lanzinger 94
13 Age of Consent Laws Are Inconsistent and Rely on Outdated Stereotypes of Masculinity and Femininity Martha Kempner 101
14 Sexting Is Immoral and Criminal John L. Terry 117
15 What's the Matter with Teen Sexting? Judith Levine 125
Organizations to Contact 132
For Further Reading 138
Index 141
