Florida, in November, will be voting on a constitutional amendment requiring that parents be notified when their minor daughters attempt to get a divorce. What amazes me is how the far left seems to feel that a juvenile female, who can't even drive a car in many cases without her parents' permission, should be allowed to have major surgery, NOT EVEN IN A HOSPITAL, without notifying her parents.

I'm simply shocked and disturbed that the pro-choice movement is pushing an agenda which would allow a child to do this without involving her parents.

I find this, personally, as a mother to be about the most abhorrent thing I've ever heard.

And, kudos to those who put this issue on the ballot in Novembers. Let the voters (most of whom are parents) speak.

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Privacy trumps parental rights. This is bad law.

a divorce? or did you mean an abortion?

first of all, IAAH(i am a highschooler)
currently, state law requires a note from the doctor when the kid is getting an aspirin. i cant go to the school clinic to get anything to relieve my pain because they need doctor authorization for anything they give me(only parental authorization isnt good enough, they need a doctor to do it). they arent even allowed to tweeze out a splinter for kids, the kids have to do it themselves(not such a problem with highschoolers, but with the younger students i can see problems ahead).

reguardless of your stance on abortion, i would think that the vast majority of you would agree this is not following common sence.

However, the state has been trying to cut parents out of parenting. Forcing state-controlled daycare centers(public school) was one step, sex ed is another, this is just another one(but i think its a bit too big for now, 10 years from now itll be accepted by society most likely)

If it ever happens that people are o.k. that their kids have major surgery to end another life without their parent's permission..I honestly pray that my children and I are not on this earth when that happens.

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I would have to say no to parental notification and the reason is that there are many girls who simply dont have families that will deal with this news well. Some would be forced into having the baby, others would be kicked out, others will be abused...there are sexual abuse victims that would end up as corpses because parental notification might get the perpetrator caught....we might even get some girls who fear parental reaction becoming desperate and making false rape allegations.

If we knew that kids wouldnt suffer abuse or other damages due to the notification, I would be all for it BUT on this issue, it can end up causing even MORE problems than the girl already has.

Very well said. Yes, it would be best if parents are involved and if you are doing a good job in parenting, your children will be comfortable in coming to you for help. However, a large number of children do not have that and it is for them that laws like these exist.

Absoolutely! Parents should be informed. No child should have a major medical procedure without the parents involved! I see the push to deny parental notification as a marketing ploy by the businessmen abortion doctors. Children will likely not ask questions and not understand any full disclosure provided, so they are much more likely to go through with it if they have no adult guidance.

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Actually you have to make a wild and unsubatantiated assumption that the majority of parents will not react well to make this rationale work. That is a poor way to decide anything!

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Actually, I said a large number, not the majority. However, if even a few out of a hundred will be kicked onto the street, beaten, killed or otherwise hurt by their parents being notified, then I am against forcing the issue. What if the guardian is the one raping them? You are going to tell that person that the child went for help?