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  • Title: Fertility-related state laws enacted in 1981.
    Author: Donovan P.
    Journal: Fam Plann Perspect; 1982; 14(2):63-7. PubMed ID: 7047208.
    Abstract:
    Reports on the 63 fertility related state laws enacted in 1981, concentrating on 5 issues: parental consent or notification for minors seeking abortion; public funding for abortions for poor women; minors' rights regarding medical care on their own consent; sterilization of the mentally retarded; and insurance coverage for pregnancy related medical care. Only 1 state called for parental consent for contraception: a Utah statute prohibits the use of public funds to provide contraceptive or abortion information or services to minors without parental consent. Although the law conflicts with the federal statute establishing the Title X family planning program, proposed new federal regulations would require notification of both parents of all minors receiving prescription contraceptives and in states with statutes like Utah's would forbid contraceptive services to minors without parental consent. 1/3 of the laws under discussion involved abortion, with 5 of 7 states which passed legislation relating to Medicaid funding of abortions making such funding considerably more restrictive. 1/5 of the laws related to services to minors, most involving parental consent, with the right of at least some minors to consent to medical care clarified or reinforced in several cases. Regarding family planning programs in general, Arizona has restricted family planning services from its health services for the indigent, while Hawaii and Maryland passed new laws making family planning services or devices more accessible. 7 new insurance laws were aimed at ensuring equal treatment of pregnancy related medical care or extending existing coverage. 4 sterilization laws addressed the difficult issue of sterilization of the mentally retarded by providing safeguards against the potential for abuse that has been increasingly noted in recent years.
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