| Alabama | Your state requires that one of your parents give permission for your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement. |
| Alaska | Currently there is no parental involvement requirement. Your state does have a law which requires girls younger than 17 to get permission from one parent to have an abortion. However, this law is not being enforced because of a court order. You should call a Planned Parenthood center in your area for more information. |
| 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 requirement |
| 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 requirement |
| Delaware | 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. This law only applies to girls younger than 16. |
| District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) | No parental involvement requirement |
| Florida | 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. |
| 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 requirement |
| Idaho | Your state requires that one of your parents give permission for your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement. |
| Illinois | Currently there is no parental involvement requirement. Your state does have a law requiring that an adult family member be told of your decision 48 hours before your abortion. However, this law is not being enforced because of a court order. You should call a Planned Parenthood center in your area for more information. |
| 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 one of your parents be told of your decision before your abortion. 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 | Your state requires that one of your parents or an adult family member give permission for your abortion. A judge or a doctor can excuse you from this requirement. |
| Maryland | Your state requires that one of your parents be told of your decision before your abortion. A doctor can excuse you from this requirement. |
| Massachusetts | 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 | Your state requires that both of your parents be told of your decision 48 hours before your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement. |
| Mississippi | Your state requires that both of your parents give permission for your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement. |
| Missouri | Your state requires that one of your parents give permission for your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement. |
| Montana | No parental involvement requirement |
| Nebraska | 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. |
| Nevada | No parental involvement requirement. |
| New Hampshire | No parental involvement requirement. |
| New Jersey | No parental involvement requirement. |
| New Mexico | No parental involvement requirement |
| New York | No parental involvement requirement |
| North Carolina | Your state requires that one of your parents, or a grandparent with whom you have lived for at least six months, 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 one of your parents 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 requirement. |
| 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 | Your state requires that one of your parents or a grandparent give permission for your abortion. A judge can excuse you from this requirement. This law only applies to girls younger than 17. |
| 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 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 be told of your decision 24 hours before the abortion takes place. A judge can excuse you from the first requirement (permission), but not the second (that a parent be told). You can be excused from the second requirement if you have only one parent and that parent has abused you, and your doctor reports that abuse to the appropriate authorities. You can also be excused from this requirement if your parent has failed to take responsibility for your care.
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| Vermont | No parental involvement requirement. |
| Virginia | Your state requires that one of your parents give permission for your abortion, and separately that one parent 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 requirement. |
| West Virginia | Your state requires that one of your parents be told of your decision 24 hours before your abortion. A judge or a doctor, other than the doctor who will perform the abortion, can excuse you from this requirement. |
| Wisconsin | Your state requires that one of your parents; 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. |
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