Help us understand the challenges patients face opting out of voluntary uses of their data, or getting access to their ...

Thank you for requesting these Consent to Travel forms. They are the documents required for travel with minors, shared as a service of the Family Travel Forum community. To obtain these essential ...

Parental consent — often required in writing — is a legal safeguard that gives parents the right to approve or deny their child’s participation in activities that carry potential risk, involve ...

Under the current state law, minors can independently consent to some medical care — for diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy, substance use and mental health.

A reproductive health care nonprofit filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to overturn Missouri’s law requiring minors to get parental approval before getting an abortion. The lawsuit contends the ...

The Alabama House Committee on Health approved a bill Wednesday to raise the age, from 14 to 16, at which people can make their own medical decisions. Under current state law, a minor who is at ...

The bill would also prohibit healthcare providers or other government entities from denying a parent access to their child’s health information.

A parental rights bill moving through the state legislature is sparking heated debate over access to reproductive healthcare for minors and whether or not parents should have a say.

“The Alaska State Medical Board opposes hormonal and surgical treatments for gender dysphoria in minors due to insufficient evidence of long-term benefits and risks of irreversible harm,” the ...

Informed consent is a model that can guide how healthcare professionals deliver gender affirming hormone therapy. Learn how it works here.

The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday requiring parental consent for a minor to receive a vaccine. The bill, HB2, was introduced by Rep. Chip Brown, R-Mobile, and passed on a ...