Abortion rights for young women

By Jess McCabe | 28 September 2005, 14:22

Why is the growing movement to restrict access to abortion for minors a bad idea? Because even girls in liberal, accepting, happy families, sometimes don’t want to tell them they’re pregnant, says MANIFESTA co-author Jennifer Baumgardner on AlterNet.

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