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from the JAMA:

Context

Mandatory parental notification for adolescents to obtain prescribed contraceptives is a controversial issue. Recently, legislation that would prohibit prescribed contraceptives for adolescents without parental involvement was introduced in 10 states and the US Congress.

Objective

To determine the effect of mandatory parental notification for prescribed contraceptives on use of sexual health care services by adolescent girls.

Results

Fifty-nine percent (n = 556) indicated they would stop using all sexual health care services, delay testing or treatment for HIV or other STDs, or discontinue use of specific (but not all) sexual health care services if their parents were informed that they were seeking prescribed contraceptives. Eleven percent indicated they would discontinue or delay STD tests or treatment, even though the survey made it clear that mandatory parental notification would occur only for prescribed contraceptives. Analyses comparing girls of different ages and races and from urban vs rural clinics showed that, although the 17-year-olds and African American girls were significantly less likely to stop using sexual health care services with mandatory parental notification, roughly half of the 17-year-olds (56%) and African American girls (49%) indicated that they would stop using all sexual health care services, delay testing or treatment for HIV or other STDs, or discontinue use of specific (but not all) services with mandatory parental notification.

Conclusion

{well gee. gee whiz. gee whiz criminently. you think there's maybe a genetic motive? the Grundies maybe trying to maintain control of their gene strain? all that hogwash about patriarchy v. matriarchy obscuring the fact that it's a non-gender thing entirely? that it's the genes themselves, struggling along and seeing their imminent extinction looming, and desperately scrambling for control? sounds so paranoid and weird doesn't it? but it is what I think is going on there. all those seemingly nonsensical taboos and strictures lead to the same hunger. and fear.}