Confidential Reproductive Health Services for Minors: The Potential Impact of Mandated Parental Involvement for Contraception
2004; Wiley; Volume: 36; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/j.1931-2393.2004.tb00021.x
ISSN1931-2393
AutoresRachel K. Jones, Heather Boonstra,
Tópico(s)Family Dynamics and Relationships
ResumoPerspectives on Sexual and Reproductive HealthVolume 36, Issue 5 p. 182-191 Confidential Reproductive Health Services for Minors: The Potential Impact of Mandated Parental Involvement for Contraception Rachel K. Jones, Rachel K. Jones Rachel K. Jones is senior research associate at The Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI), New York.Heather Boonstra is senior policy associate at AGI, Washington, DC.Search for more papers by this authorHeather Boonstra, Heather Boonstra Rachel K. Jones is senior research associate at The Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI), New York.Heather Boonstra is senior policy associate at AGI, Washington, DC.Search for more papers by this author Rachel K. Jones, Rachel K. Jones Rachel K. Jones is senior research associate at The Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI), New York.Heather Boonstra is senior policy associate at AGI, Washington, DC.Search for more papers by this authorHeather Boonstra, Heather Boonstra Rachel K. Jones is senior research associate at The Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI), New York.Heather Boonstra is senior policy associate at AGI, Washington, DC.Search for more papers by this author First published: 12 February 2007 https://doi.org/10.1363/3618204Citations: 40AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Abstract CONTEXT: Recent legislative efforts to implement mandated parental involvement for minor adolescents seeking family planning services threaten the rights of adolescents younger than 18 to access reproductive health care. METHODS: State and federal laws and policies pertaining to minor adolescents' rights to access services for contraception and sexually transmitted diseases are reviewed, and research examining issues of parental involvement among adolescents using clinic-based reproductive health services is synthesized. RESULTS: Attempts to mandate parental involvement for reproductive health care often focus on contraceptive services and are typically linked to federal or state funding. Studies of teenagers using clinic-based family planning services suggest that slightly more than one-half would obtain contraceptives at family planning clinics even if parental notification were required. Mandated parental involvement for contraception would discourage few teenagers from having sex, but would likely result in more teenagers' using the least effective methods, such as withdrawal, or no method at all. Family planning clinics encourage teenagers to voluntarily talk to their parents, but relatively little information is available about the extent to which activities to promote parent-child communication have been adopted. CONCLUSIONS: Mandated parental involvement for teenagers seeking contraceptive care would likely contribute to increases in rates of teenage pregnancy. Research that will help clinics implement and improve efforts to encourage voluntary parental involvement is urgently needed. 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