Alabama: Your state requires that one of your parents give permission for your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
Alaska: No parental involvement is needed.
Arizona: Your state requires that one of your parents give permission for your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
Arkansas: Your state requires that one of your parents give permission for your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
California: No parental involvement is required.
Colorado: Your state requires that one of your parents be told of your decision 48 hours before your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement. If you do not live with your parents, but you live with a grandparent or an adult aunt or uncle, the adult relative you live with may be told in place of your parents.
Connecticut: No parental involvement is required.
Delaware: If you are under 16, your state requires that one of your parents, a grandparent, or a mental health professional be told of your decision 24 hours before your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
District of Columbia: No parental involvement is required.
Florida: Your state requires that one of your parents be told of your decision 48 hours before your abortion and give permission for the abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
Georgia: Your state requires that one of your parents be told of your decision 24 hours before your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
Hawaii: No parental involvement is required.
Idaho: Your state requires that one of your parents give permission for your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
Illinois: No parental involvement is required.
Indiana: Your state requires that one of your parents give permission for your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
Iowa: Your state requires that one of your parents or a grandparent be told of your decision 48 hours before your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
Kansas: Your state requires that both of your parents give permission for your abortion. If your parents are separated or divorced, only the parent with custody needs to give permission. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
Kentucky: Your state requires that one of your parents give permission for your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
Louisiana: Your state requires that one of your parents give permission for your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
Maine: No parental involvement is required.
Maryland: Your state requires that one of your parents be told of your decision before your abortion unless you do not live with either parent and a reasonable effort to give notice is unsuccessful. A doctor can excuse you from this requirement.
Massachusetts: If you are under 16, your state requires that one of your parents give permission for your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
Michigan: Your state requires that one of your parents give permission for your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
Minnesota: No parental involvement is required.
Mississippi: Your state requires that both of your parents give permission for your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement. If your parents are separated or divorced, only the parent with primary custody must consent.
Missouri: Your state requires that one of your parents give permission for your abortion, and in some cases your other parent might need to be notified. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
Montana: If you are under 16, your state requires that one of your parents be told of your decision 48 hours before your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
Nebraska: Your state requires that one of your parents give permission for your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
Nevada: No parental involvement is required.
New Hampshire: Your state requires that one of your parents be told of your decision 48 hours before your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
New Jersey: No parental involvement is required.
New Mexico: No parental involvement is required.
New York: No parental involvement is required.
North Carolina: Your state requires that one of your parents or a grandparent with whom you have lived for at least six months immediately preceding the abortion give permission for your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
North Dakota: Your state requires that both of your parents give permission for your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
Ohio: Your state requires that a parent or legal guardian give permission for your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
Oklahoma: Your state requires that one of your parents be told of your decision at least 48 hours before the abortion takes place and give permission for the abortion. A judge can excuse you from these requirements.
Oregon: No parental involvement is required.
Pennsylvania: Your state requires that one of your parents give permission for your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
Rhode Island: Your state requires that one of your parents give permission for your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
South Carolina: If you are under 17, your state requires that one of your parents or a grandparent give permission for your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
South Dakota: Your state requires that one of your parents be told of your decision 48 hours before your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
Tennessee: Your state requires that one of your parents give permission for your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
Texas: Your state requires that one of your parents give permission for your abortion and separately that one parent be told of your decision 48 hours before the abortion takes place. A judge from your county (or a neighboring county if fewer than 10,000 people live in your county) can excuse you from both of these requirements.
Utah: Your state requires that one of your parents give permission for your abortion and separately that one parent is notified of your decision 24 hours before the abortion takes place. A judge can excuse you from the consent requirement.
Vermont: No parental involvement is required.
Virginia: Your state requires that one of your parents or a grandparent or adult sibling with whom you live give permission for your abortion and separately that one parent or a grandparent or adult sibling with whom you live be told of your decision 24 hours before the abortion takes place. A judge can excuse you from both of these requirements.
Washington: No parental involvement is required.
Washington DC: No parental involvement is required.
West Virginia: Your state requires that one of your parents be told of your decision 48 hours before your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
Wisconsin: Your state requires that one of your parents, a foster parent, a grandparent, or an aunt, uncle, or sibling who is at least 25 years old give permission for your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement.
Wyoming: Your state requires that one of your parents be told of your decision 48 hours before your abortion and give permission for the abortion. A judge can excuse you from these requirements.
This information was adapted from Planned Parenthood.
