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Originally Posted by Ramrod
Yup, thats my beef with the case....I feel that it's immoral to not bring the parents in on the whole discussion.
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I'm with you on tis one Ramrod...
I am not a a parent (yet), but for me, this is about moral issues - not legal ones...
It is legal to do what they did - however abhorent it may be to my own personal beliefs - so lets get that out of the way.
This child was pregnant at 14 - therefore she had had underage sex, therefore she had broken the LAW. Is it not the moral (if not necessarily legal) duty of the persons who are acting in loco parentis to advise the parent/legal guardian of the child that this has occured, and what action they intend to take?
If they caught the child drinking or smoking underage, I'm sure they would tell the parents - regardless of the wishes of the girl.
From a moral standpoint (and this is always an inflamatory area) The girl did not want to tell her mother because she thought she would be angry - a perfectly normal teenage response - once the mother knew - she offered support and the chance to keep the child.
We do not know why the girl first decided to abort, but once she new her mother would support her, she regretted that decision (and by then it was already too late to stop the abortion). So we now have a teenager who has gone through an abortion which she did not want (by the time it was completed), a mother who feels that her child cannot trust her, and visa-versa, and a health authority that made a decision with a huge effect on a minors life with no consultation with the parents, or even (by what we can read) a period for the girl to consider her actions.
I for one am amazed that this is legal, and would hope that the furore surrounding this case leads to a scruitinisation (if not a change) of the law.
IN MY OPINION this is a step too far for political correctness and the rights of children.
would they have still not informed the parents if the girl was 12 or even 10? (some girls are physically mature at that age). There has to be a line.....
On the one hand people are saying "we should not have to make these decisions - that is the role of the parent" and on the other, they are keeping the parent out of decisions that have a far greater impact on the lives and stability of the families.
ok - I've said my piece - these are opinions, and you may feel free to disagree. Lets not get into a personal slanging match - lets just put our opinions on the table and if needs be agree to disagee.
