by Robin Marty, Senior Political Reporter, RH Reality Check

October 10, 2012 - 3:09 am

The 2010 parental-notification law has been ruled constitutional, but it still may come up before the state Supreme Court.

by Robin Marty, Senior Political Reporter, RH Reality Check

September 26, 2012 - 9:17 am

Voters will decide in November whether to create parental consent requirements for teens seeking an abortion.

by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check

July 24, 2012 - 7:44 am

In this week’s sexual health roundup: there is new information on the origin of Tennessee’s law that prevents schools from promoting “gateway” behaviors to sex at the same time that anecdotal information suggests teachers are censoring themselves because of it; a new poll shows that adults see the HPV vaccine differently than other STI treatment and prevention efforts and do not want to see parental consent for the vaccine waived; and a new tell-all book suggests that the Olympic village is a hotbed of sex, booze, and drugs.

by Robin Marty, Senior Political Reporter, RH Reality Check

June 7, 2012 - 8:42 am

Apparently the 20-week ban and Medicaid abortion bans were just the warm up act. It seems a congressman who earlier angered anti-choicers may be sponsoring a bill to get back in their good graces.

by Morgan Meneses-Sheets, Reproductive Health Technologies Project (RHTP)

April 11, 2012 - 6:23 pm

Parents rightfully want to be involved in their teens’ lives, but if my daughter feels that she cannot talk to me at a big turning point in her life, it is most important that she have a trusted adult by her side. That is why I am so concerned about HR 2299, the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act of 2012.

by Robin Marty, Senior Political Reporter, RH Reality Check

April 11, 2012 - 10:52 am

A new ballot initiative aims to strip privacy rights from teens seeking abortions.

by Robin Marty, Senior Political Reporter, RH Reality Check

March 28, 2012 - 2:44 pm

The House Republicans are once more trying to pass a bill that would forbid teens from going to a different state to get an abortion.

by Gwen Emmons, Independent Writer

March 12, 2012 - 7:22 am

The push to federalize parental notification laws is back… and if last week’s hearing is any indication, it’s based on the same misguided arguments laced with a healthy dose of condescension towards young women and their private decisions.

by Robin Marty, Senior Political Reporter, RH Reality Check

March 11, 2012 - 9:32 pm

Once more the Republican controlled House puts introducing more anti-choice legislation as their number one priority.

by Robin Marty, Senior Political Reporter, RH Reality Check

December 23, 2011 - 2:04 pm

The case of a young teen girl in Texas is another example of how parental involvement only matter when an underage girl wants to terminate a pregnancy, not continue one.