Last week, the governors of both Indiana and West Virginia signed legislation making it harder for people under 18 years of age to access abortion by mandating parental consent. Approval for these bills came just four months after the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released a policy statement strongly opposing these and other restrictions on adolescent access to abortion care because of the well-documented adverse health and social consequences of such laws.
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