Get prenatal counseling as early as possible. Financial help is available from a variety of sources and information is available on those sources from your district health department and various church pregnancy counseling centers throughout the state. A school, seventh through twelfth grades and a clinic are on the site. For further information, contact your nearest Salvation Army office. Also see Chapter 9, section F for paternity information.
Some school districts provide special programs for teen parents.
Contact your local school district for local availability. See Chapter 2, section C in this booklet for discrimination in education based on marital or parental status. Also, see Chapter 4, section G for paternity information. In the 1973 ruling Roe v. Wade, the United States Supreme Court ruled that abortions are legal throughout the United States within certain guidelines. Following those guidelines, the Idaho Legislature defined the laws for this state.