Storm over Washington: the parental notification proposal.
Storm over Washington: the parental notification proposal.
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华盛顿风暴：家长通知提案。
DOI：
10.2307/2134637
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发表时间：
1982
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通讯作者：
A. Torres
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作者：
A. Kenney;J. Forrest;A. Torres
美国卫生与公众服务部（DHHS）提出了一项法规，要求根据《公共卫生服务法》第10章资助的计划生育诊所在向18岁以下患者提供处方避孕药时通知父母，这已成为公众广泛辩论的主题。根据《公约》的规定，只有在“有证据”表明这种信息可能危及病人的身体健康时，才可豁免通知。通知父母的主要理由与各种处方避孕方法可能对健康造成的负面影响有关。另一个重要的考虑因素是政府内部的一种看法，即父母和家庭在很大程度上被疏远了，无法参与孩子生活的这一领域。预计这一规定的净效果将是到此类诊所就诊的青少年人数下降。由于获得其他负担得起和/或保密的计划生育服务的机会有限，青少年可能会采取效果较差的避孕方法。大量的国家、州和地方组织以广泛的担忧为由反对这一规定。3/4的州公开反对这项规定，而没有一个州直接支持这项措施。一些国家教会和家庭组织的支持者表示，这些规定做得还不够。
A proposed US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) regulation requiring family planning clinics funded under Title 10 of the Public Health Service Act to notify parents when providing prescription contraceptives to patients under 18 years of age has been the subject of wide scale public debate. Under its provisions notification would be waived only if "evidence" were produced that such information might jeopardize the patient's physical health. The main rationale for parental notification has to do with possible negative health consequences of various prescription birth control methods. Another important consideration is the perception within the administration that parents and families have largely been alienated from any involvement in this area of their children's lives. It is anticipated that the net effect of this regulation will be a decline in the number of teenagers attending such clinics. With limited access to other affordable and/or confidential family planning services, teenagers can be expected to resort to less efficacious methods of birth control. A large number of national, state, and local organizations have come out against the regulation citing wide ranging concerns. 3/4 of the states have gone on record against the regulation, while none has directly supported the measure. A number of supporters of national church and family organizations, among others, expressed the feeling that the regulations did not go far enough.