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Exercise 2
A 15-year-old female presents to a women’s clinic
requesting an abortion. What are the options and
responsibilities of a case manager? Does this require a
parent’s consent or an ethics committee?
a. She requires parental consent before the abortion can be performed.
b. Only the girl and the father of the unborn baby need to give consent.
c. She can only give consent without a parent if she is an emancipated minor.
d. The abortion can be performed but the parent of the minor still needs to be
informed.
e. The minor girl does not need parental consent for this procedure.
