[quote=FormerSanDiegan]Anyone know of any other non-emergency medical procedures that minors are allowed to undergo without parental consent ?
Navydoc? other medical pros ? Anyone ?
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An interesting thing happens when a minor gets pregnant. She becomes emancipated to all decisions regarding the pregnancy, and can do anything pregnancy related without parental consent. In this way we can perform a surgical treatment for ectopic pregnancy without the parents ever knowing their daughter was pregnant. I am unaware of any procedures you can perform on non-pregnat minors, but in regards to their reproductive health you can treat STD’s or provide contraception without notifying the parents.
I remember having an interesting admission as a resident of a 16 year old with chlamydia positive pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and had one heck of a time dodging the issue with her mother.
