{"id":169733,"date":"2011-12-29T02:25:04","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T07:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=169733"},"modified":"2017-07-27T15:12:49","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T19:12:49","slug":"planned-parenthood-happy-help-minors-obtain-abortions-without-parents-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-happy-help-minors-obtain-abortions-without-parents-knowledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood happy to help minors obtain abortions without parents\u2019 knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A teen wrote to Planned Parenthood\u2019s \u201cexperts\u201d about how she can obtain a second-trimester abortion without her parents’ knowledge:<\/p>\n

“Is abortion possible after the first trimester? How much does an abortion cost if you are a minor and want to keep the abortion from your parents?? Help!!!”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Planned Parenthood<\/a> explained how the teen girl could\u00a0skirt around parental notification and consent laws if they are required in her state, giving evidence that America’s largest abortion chain is more than happy to help avoid the law when it can.<\/p>\n

What any girl considering an abortion without parents needs to know is what abortion actually is. Here, also,\u00a0is a factsheet about the consequences of abortion for teens<\/a>. This is not something she will hear at Planned Parenthood. (See further down in the article for how Planned Parenthood treats minor girls and teens.) Instead, girls can get the real facts they need from experts like Dr. Levatino, a former abortionist who believes every girl and every woman deserves to have all the information about what abortion does.<\/p>\n

In the video below, Dr. Levatino describes a D&E abortion, one of the most common committed in the U.S.:<\/p>\n