I believe that teenage girls should need their parents’ consent to have an abortion since abortion is a major decision. It seems logical that a teen girl should get her parents’ permission in order to ...

The Alabama House Committee on Health approved a bill Wednesday to raise the age, from 14 to 16, at which people can make their own medical decisions. Under current state law, a minor who is at least ...

The ill effects of social media on impressionable teenage minds are already well known. Whether it’s screen addiction from doomscrolling all day, developing body image issues, or facing serious ...

Re: "New parent consent law has ‘unintended consequences’ for school nurses, English learners," Aug. 12. The new parental right’s law is profoundly misguided. It should be repealed (or rejected by ...