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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141829203321

Titolo

Sex / / David Haugen and Susan Musser, book editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Detroit : , : Greenhaven Press, , 2013

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (147 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

Teen rights and freedoms

Disciplina

342.7308

Soggetti

Sex and law - United States

Teenagers - Legal status, laws, etc - United States

Teenagers - Sexual behavior - Government policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-140) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A state cannot require parental consent for a minor's abortion : the Supreme Court's decision / Harry Blackmun -- States should have the right to require parental consent before a minor's abortion : a Supreme Court justice's concurring and dissenting opinion / John Paul Stevens -- Parental consent can be required before a minor's abortion can be performed : the Supreme Court's decision / Lewis F. Powell -- No choice for teens / Amy Bach -- Parental consent laws protect the health of minors / Teresa S. Collett -- Parental consent laws protect the health of minors -- Parents fault parental consent laws for their daughter's death after an unsafe abortion : personal narrative / Bill and Karen Bell -- Minors have the right to access contraceptives : the Supreme Court's decision / William J. Brennan -- Limiting teens' access to contraception unless they obtain parental consent puts them at risk / American Civil Liberties Union -- A teen decides to seek contraception without talking to her parents : personal narrative / Anonymous -- Laws targeting men as the perpetrators of statutory rape are just : the Supreme Court's decision / William Rehnquist -- Laws targeting men as the perpetrators of statutory rape are unconstitutional : a Supreme Court Justice's dissenting opinion / William J. Brennan -- A child 13 or younger cannot be charged with statutory rape for sex with peers in most cases : the State Supreme court's decision / Judith Ann Lanzinger -- Age of consent laws are inconsistent and rely on outdated stereotypes of



masculinity and femininity / Martha Kempner -- Sexting is immoral and criminal / John L. Terry -- What's the matter with teen sexting?  / Judith Levine.

Sommario/riassunto

Examines a broad range of perceived or actual legal rights and freedoms that impact the lives of young American teens. This volume focuses on teenage sexuality.