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Parental Notification: Protecting Our Youth?
October 8, 2008
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This November, parental notification (Prop 4) will be on the ballot in California.
Prop 4 requires parents to be notified if a minor seeks an abortion. Does this law really protect our youth? If passed, will it affect how young women access reproductive health care?
On this edition of Making Contact, we hear from a group of young women in California organizing against Prop 4. They say the measure threatens the health, safety and rights of young women, especially communities of color and immigrant communities. Also, we hear from a proponent of Prop 4 who explains why many others support this law. Lastly, we visit the state of Texas where both parental notification and consent laws have transformed the ways young women handle unexpected pregnancies.
This program was partially funded by the Mary Wolford Foundation.
Featuring:
Heidi, Meuy, Marn, Tiffany, Maly, Susan, Celia, Mimi, Mae, Quy, Sandra, SAFIRE youth members; Amanda Wake, SAFIRE coordinator; Dana Ginn Paredes, ACRJ organizing director; Dr. Paula Hillard, Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health member, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Stanford University School of Medicine, Division of Gynecologic Specialties director; Dolores Meehan, Friends of Sarah and the Yes on Proposition 4 Campaign; Rita Lucido, Jane’s Due Process attorney; Brandi Bedford, Whole Woman’s Health of Austin executive director; Terry Sallas Merritt, Whole Woman’s Health corporate executive director; Tina Hester, Jane’s Due Process hotline coordinator.
Executive Producer/Host: Tena Rubio
Producer: Andrew Stelzer
Associate Producer: Puck Lo
Production Coordinator: Elena Botkin-Levy
Intern: Lakeisha Thomas
Field Recorders: Angela Maldonado and Katherine Heim
Staged Call: Nicole Rubio
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Associate Director: Khanh Pham
For more information:
Sisters in Action for Issues of Reproductive Empowerment (SAFIRE)
at Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice (ACRJ)
310 8th Street, Suite 102
Oakland, CA 94607
510-434-7900
www.reproductivejustice.org
Jane’s Due Process
(Texas only)
Hotline: 866-999-5263
www.janesdueprocess.org
Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health (PRCH)
131 Stuart Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-947-0680
sfstaff@prch.org
www.prch.org
Whole Woman's Health of Austin
8401 North Interstate Highway 35
Austin, TX 78753
512-250-1005
800-282-1005
info@wholewomanshealth.com
www.wholewomanshealth.com
Yes on Four
Friends of Sarah
1703 India Street
San Diego, CA 92101
866-828-8355
info@yeson4.net
www.yeson4.net
The Guttmacher Institute
1301 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
202-296-4012
877-823-0262
www.guttmacher.org
For additional information:
Parental Involvement in Minors’ Abortions
Guttmacher Study
www.guttmacher.org/statecenter/spibs/spib_PIMA.pdf
Parental Notification or Consent for Abortion
Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health
www.icah.org/pdf/Not%20&%20Consent.pdf
Expanding the Movement for Empowerment and Reproductive Justice (EMERJ)
emerj@reproductivejustice.org
www.emerj.org
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