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YEAR: 1975

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Parental consent requirements and privacy rights of minors: The

contraceptive controversy.

AUTHORS

SOURCE

Harvard Law Review 88(5): 1001-1020. March 1975.

ABSTRACT

Analysis of minors rights to obtain contraceptives involves a number of complex issues, including the uncertain

constitutional rights of adults to obtain contraceptives, the lack of guidelines for determining how the rights of adults

are to be applied to minors, and the complex mixture of interests involved in the question of minors' access to

contraceptives. These interests include minors, parents, and the state. After suggesting that the adult zone of

privacy recognized by the Supreme Court embraces access to contraceptives, the paper examines whether the right

of children to have access to contraceptives is fundam ental and whether countervailing interests of parents and

state should outweigh whatever interest the child has in obtaining contraceptives. The conclusion is reached that

the minors' right of access to contraceptives and the family unit's freedom from state interference appear to outweigh

any state interests in restricting access, including the interest in reinforcing parental choices. Any requirements

that minors get parental consent before obtaining contraceptives should be declared unconstitutional.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT7T 3030-06)

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The contraceptive controversy.", is(are) . The source of this article is "Harvard Law Review 88(5): 1001-1020. March

1975.". This article was published in 1975 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT7T 3030-

06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 33030

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