If/When/How asked Melissa Shube to tell us how she and her colleagues at The Lawyering Project are challenging forced parental involvement laws and TRAP laws... Read more

If/When/How asked Jess Braverman, Legal Director at Gender Justice, to tell us how her organization is challenging forced parental involvement laws to ensure young folks in Minnesota have access to the care they need.... Read more

Abortion is still a human right, and young people should have full autonomy over their own pregnancy, birthing, and parenting decisions.... Read more

If there is going to be a future for abortion access, it must be a future in which all people have true access to confidential abortion care, including young people under 18 years old.... Read more

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in nationwide shutdowns, including court closures. The closing of state courts presented new challenges for young people seeking abortion access through the judicial bypass process, leaving young people and their advocates with even more barriers to navigate.... Read more

If/When/How asked Jess Braverman, Legal Director at Gender Justice, to tell us how her organization is challenging forced parental involvement laws to ensure young folks in Minnesota have access to the care they need.... Read more

If/When/How asked Melissa Shube to tell us how she and her colleagues at The Lawyering Project are challenging forced parental involvement laws and TRAP laws... Read more

Welcome to If/When/How's fourth annual Youth Abortion Access Week! For the past few summers, we've been highlighting the excellent work of youth activists, legal professionals, clinic workers, and supporters around the country who are working to make forced parental involvement laws a thing of the past, mitigate the harms done by the judicial bypass process, and ensuring that young people are able to access abortion care without barriers, shame, or stigma.... Read more