PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN MINORS ABORTION DECISIONS
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN MINORS ABORTION DECISIONS
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DOI：
10.2307/2135870
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发表时间：
1992-09-01
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KOST, K
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HENSHAW, SK;KOST, K
在1991年的一项研究中，对1500多名未婚堕胎未成年人进行了具有全国代表性的抽样调查，其中61%的受访者表示，他们的父母(通常是母亲)中的一方或双方知道堕胎的事情。只有26%的受访者说他们的父亲知道堕胎的事情；此外，在这项研究中，57%的知道女儿怀孕的母亲没有告诉她的父亲，这项研究是在没有有效的父母参与法的州进行的，大约75%的知道怀孕的父母是女儿自己告诉的，绝大多数支持女儿堕胎的决定。在父母没有告诉未成年人的情况下发现的未成年人中，18%的人说他们的父母强迫他们堕胎，6%的人报告说他们遭受了身体暴力，被迫离家或损害了父母的健康。没有告诉父母的未成年人不成比例地年龄较大(16或17岁)，白人和有工作的。未成年人不告诉父母的最常见原因是想要保持与父母的关系，以及想保护父母免受压力和冲突。在那些没有告诉父母的人中，30%的人经历过家庭暴力，担心会发生暴力事件，或者害怕被迫离家。在父母不知道怀孕的未成年人中，他们都咨询了诊所工作人员以外的人关于堕胎的问题；最常见的是咨询了他们的男朋友(89%)、成年人(52%)或专业人士(22%)。
In a 1991 study based on a nationally representative sample of more than 1,500 unmarried minors having an abortion, 61% of the respondents said that one or both of their parents (usually the mother) knew about the abortion. Only 26% of the respondents said their father knew about the abortion; furthermore, 57% of the mothers who knew about their daughter's pregnancy did not tell her father In this study, which was conducted in states without parental involvement laws in effect, about 75% of the parents who knew about the pregnancy had been told by the daughter herself, and the great majority supported their daughter's decision to have an abortion. Among the minors whose parents found out without being told by the minor, 18% said their parents were forcing them to have an abortion and 6% reported physical violence, being forced to leave home or damage to their parents' health. Minors who did not tell their parents were disproportionately older (aged 16 or 17), white and employed. The minors' most common reasons for not telling their parents were wanting to preserve their relationship with their parents and wanting to protect the parents from stress and conflict. Of those who did not tell their parents, 30% had experienced violence in their family, feared that violence would occur or were afraid of being forced to leave home. Among minors whose parents were unaware of the pregnancy, all consulted someone other than clinic staff about the abortion; most frequently, they consulted their boyfriend (89%), an adult (52%) or a professional (22%).