In an older study (1992) posted her for readers to consider
61% of parents knew about their unmarried teenage daughter’s abortion – 45% were told by the girl, 15% found out some other way
half of teens 15 years old and younger told their mothers while only 2/5 of older teens told their mothers
reasons for not telling their parents:
73% did not want to disappoint them
55% thought they would be angry
32% didn’t want the parents to know they had sex
78% the minor’s boyfriend was involved with the decision, he was 3 times more likely than the minor’s father to be involved. 54% reported that someone had tried to convince them to get an abortion, 40% reported that someone had tried to convince them to see the pregnancy to term
Stanley Henshaw and Kathryn Kost “Parental Involvement in Minor’s Abortion Decisions” Family Planning Perspectives volume 24 number 5 September/October 1992
Quoted in Mei Ling Rein. Abortion: an Eternal Social and Moral Issue (Wylie, Texas: Information Plus Reference Series, 2000)
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