"Do I need parental consent?
No. Consent in Alberta is based on capacity, not age. If the physician and clinic staff feel you understand the procedure and its risks, you may sign your own consent form. We encourage young women to talk to a parent or guardian before having an abortion and most do. However, if you are reluctant to talk to your parents, there are sympathetic people you can speak to. Whether you plan to continue or terminate your pregnancy, see a doctor as soon as possible. Early medical attention will result in a better and safer outcome regardless of what you choose to do."Here is the link to the site http://www.kensingtonclinic.com/faqs.php#parentalconsent
There is a really scary president set here as well "However, if you are reluctant to talk to your parents, there are sympathetic people you can speak to." So now these health care workers are taking it upon themselves the legal and moral responsibility of the parents?
Parents are legally responsible for their children to the age of 18, rightfully so. Our legal system doesn't recognize them as adults till 18 as well. It also puts restrictions on what they are allowed to consent to prior to being 18. Sexual consent of minors is not legally allowed till the age of 16, again rightfully so, yet there is no age restrictions for when a person can consent to get an abortion? Think about this for a second, they can't consent to sex but can consent to killing their unborn child. They can't consent to have someone father the child but can consent to have someone end the life of that child. Regardless if you are pro-life or pro-abortion, where is the logic in that.
Look at it this way as well. Those same kids can not go on a field trip at school without parental consent. They can not get a body piercing without parental consent. They can not get a tattoo. They can not vote. Why, because our society has deemed them not mature enough to make those decisions. Yet they can make life and death decisions? Once again where is the logic in that?
Parents have the right as the responsible guardians of their children under their care to be the ones involved in this decision of those under their care. Abortions should not be performed on minors without parental knowledge or consent. And once again the government needs to sit back and realize that they are not the parent and that they are starting to cross the line in what regards their responsibilities are. Its time to back off and let us, the parents raise our kids not the state!
