Massachusetts' Parental Consent Law and Procedural Timing Among Adolescents Undergoing Abortion

摘要

(Abstracted from Obstet Gynecol 2019;133:978-986) Thirty-seven states mandate parental consent or notification before providing abortion care to minors. In Massachusetts' parental consent law, a minor (17 years old or younger) requires parental approval before a legal abortion is permitted, but parental involvement can be bypassed through some mechanism, such as a petition to a judge ("judicial bypass").