new bill proposes that anyone under 18 is not allowed to receive a diagnosis or treatment for mental health disorders or STDs without parentalconsent.

http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/HTML/S675v1.html


LOOOOOL

Telling doctors how to do their jobs; tsk tsk Republicans.

4/9/2013 5:34:13 PM

not allowed to receive a diagnosis? What are they gonna do, throw the kid in jail?

4/9/2013 9:47:34 PM

the physician

4/9/2013 9:55:30 PM

disgusting

4/9/2013 9:56:41 PM

4/9/2013 10:18:36 PM

I feel like this is counter to the whole gun control thing...

4/10/2013 8:47:35 AM

Makes me think of the whole condoms and needles things. Why do prostitutes have unprotected sex and drug users reuse needles? Because they were made illegal, to minimize risky behavior, duh.

4/10/2013 10:51:10 AM

but guys, if we just let them get treated for STDs anytime they want then teenagers might start having sex!

4/10/2013 10:57:48 AM

Quote :

"No physician licensed to practice medicine in North Carolina shall perform an abortion upon an unemancipated minor or provide medical health services for an unemancipated minor for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of (i) venereal disease and other diseases reportable under G.S. 130A-135, (ii) abuse of controlled substances or alcohol, (iii) mental illness or emotional disturbance, or (iv) pregnancy unless the physician or agent thereof or another physician or agent thereof first obtains the written consent of the minor and the written consent, acknowledged in accordance with Chapter 10B of the General Statutes, of: (1) A parent with custody of the minor; or (2) The legal guardian or legal custodian of the minor; or (3) A parent with whom the minor is living; or (4) A grandparent with whom the minor has been living for at least six months immediately preceding the date of the minor's written consent.""

I think the OP forgot prevention. No STD prevention services without parental consent.

Now the real question: does the NCGA understand what "infectious disease" means?

4/10/2013 11:21:19 AM

they probably consider it something that God has punished the sinners with

4/10/2013 11:24:10 AM

Quote :

"Makes me think of the whole condoms and needles things. Why do prostitutes have unprotected sex and drug users reuse needles? Because they were made illegal, to minimize risky behavior, duh."

condoms are illegal?

4/10/2013 12:15:50 PM

There have been many, many pieces of legislation in the developed world that used condoms as a proxy for prostitution. In other words, making it illegal to carry condoms. I haven't ever heard of a law that made condoms illegal, but plenty that made it illegal to carry condoms. These are typically local-level laws for the US (although national in some countries), and they're typically sold as laws to help police. Need to crack down on drugs? Help police prosecute people who carry needles. The same song and dance happens with prostitution and condoms.

4/10/2013 12:38:13 PM