Prior to an abortion on a pregnant minor, a parent/guardians must be notified and give consent*.

There is a moral foundation for the laws as they exist, and that is to protect minors from themselves. The strong (AKA Parents) have a moral obligation to protect the weak (Minors). (short and brutal version). So in the law is the morality. By your standard of law subordinate to morality, from the time of birth, no parent should make any decision or take any action, for a minor, where that decision/action may impinge on the rights of the minor. So if a 10 yr old wants to play in the street, the parents can ask for him to come in but if he chooses not to then the parent is to do nothing? If he gets hit by a car then????? What about the kid who would rather stay home with Mommy at age 5 then go to kindergarden? Should be ‘forced' to go? The point is while they may have the right, they do not sufficiently possess the needed maturity to make the needed decision to exercise that right. (this is painting with a broad stroke of the brush I know). However, making the decision to Marry, join the army, Have or not have a child, to vote on your governmental leaders, these are life's biggest decisions and a 15 yr old is just not wise nor educated enough to have the freedoms to make these decisions on their own. The reason for the age barriers is not to enslave a group of people but to protect them from themselves. Some of those ill conceived decisions can not be undone. Every culture on the word speaks to this, including religious texts, Quran: •Children have the right to be fed, clothed, and protected until they reach adulthood.[5] •Children have the right to enjoy love and affection from their parents.[5] •Children have the right to be treated equally, vis-a-vis their siblings in terms of financial gifts. •"A father gives his child nothing better than a good education." •One day a man came to Umar ibn al-Khattab to complain of disobedient son. So Umar had brought the boy to him and he blamed him for his disobedience. Then the boy addressed Umar by saying "O Commander of the faithful: Are there no rights for boy against his father?". Umar said "yes". Then the boy said "What are these rights O Commander of the Faithful?" Umar said, "To choose a good mother for him, to select good name to him and to teach him the Quran" Then the boy said: "O Commander of the faithful; my father has not accomplished any of these rights. As for my mother, she was a black slave for a Magian; As for my name, he has named me Jual (beetle); and he has not taught me even one letter from the Quran". Then Umar turned round to the man and said "you came to me complaining disobedience on the part of your son, whereas you have not given him his rights. So you have made mistakes against him before he has made mistakes against you" Bible: Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth (Ephesians 6:1-3). "Taken to an extreme, dishonoring of parents leads to anarchy, first in the family and then in society, as the decay of this basic component spreads. Eventually, a person will expend much, if not most, of his energies just surviving, effectively destroying the development of spiritual, creative, and intellectual qualities essential to his and society's well-being. Not honoring parents also causes immaturity. Because children do not respect their parents' advice, they grow up missing the significance of much they encounter, and so wisdom comes to them very slowly. In some cases, they may never learn wisdom. Lack of honor manifests itself in self-willed and self-indulgent people who seem to simmer just beneath the point of rebellion. Their motto in life becomes, "Just do it." So they condemn themselves to learning the lessons of life through hard experience, which may be a good teacher, but a painful one. " John W. Ritenbaugh The Fifth Commandment (1997)