Parental Consent

After reviewing our work from yesterday, today we'll focus on parental consent laws. Here are your instructions:

1. Make a copy of this document for yourself: Informed Consent
2. Fill out your responses to these questions individually. 
3. Discuss your responses with your group. 
4. Read about parental consent laws here and here (make note of Illinois law). 
5. Discuss: Are these laws reasonable? Do they place an undue burden on a woman's access to an abortion?
6. Have half your group read this article: ACLU: Laws Restricting Teenagers' Access to Abortion and the other half read this article: Parental Consent Laws Protect Teens
7. Share and Discuss: Which are the most important points from your article?  Which arguments are the most compelling? Which arguments are the most persuasive and why? 
8. Last year, Illinois House Democrats introduced a bill to repeal the State's parental notification law. Discuss: Would you support the bill?