Misconceived laws: the irrationality of parental involvement requirements for contraception.

From: William and Mary Law Review | Date: March 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Teen pregnancy is caused by sexual intercourse, not by too little birth control....(1)

[I]f we stop at abstinence, we are discriminating against the other young people, close to 85 percent of them around the country, who for reasons that are often outside their control, are sexually active.(2)

Most liberals "begin with the premise that teenagers should not have babies [while most] conservatives begin with the premise that single teenagers should not have sex."(3)

Right to privacy jurisprudence began in the context of contraception.(4) Eventually, that right expanded ...

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