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She didn't need parental notification to get pregnant
So you think girls should notify parents of an abortion, even though they don't need parental notification to become pregnant, a condition that is actually more physically dangerous than abortion?
If she's capable of getting pregnant and obtaining an abortion, she's capable of making the decision to not be pregnant, all by herself. I had a friend who was forced to carry a pregnancy at age 13, and give the baby up for adoption. She's been dealing with the trauma her whole life, and somehow, I think it was probably more traumatic for her than a first- or even second-trimester abortion would have been.