Joy 😂😂😂😂😂😂 "Mine tole me also, but she was 37" 😂😂😂😂😂

Whoopi’s perspective made perfect sense. Since Sunny admitted to be a ‘helicopter mom’, there is no way to know how honest they are with her.

The need to mention how much of a jump in teenage Birth rates have gone up in Texas

Joy: "Mine told me also, but she was 37." And probably married.

people overestimate how 'smart' , educated, and rational parents are. if the kid is responsible enough to find birth control, dr.s should let them have it.

If I had had to get parental consent for birth control, I would have become a mother at 16 years old, dropped out of high school, and would probably be a great grandmother today. Thanks to Planned Parenthood's confidential care, I had my first child at 29, after completing my university education, and was able to realize my lifelong ambition of becoming a teacher.

When I was 12 yr old I needed birth control to regulate my period. My periods were so bad before birth control that I needed a blood transfusion.

When I was 16 I was fortunate to be able to go to Planned Parenthood without my folks knowing. After an exam etc., I was provided birth control pills. I am 60! WTAF?

Yes, I so appreciated Planned Parenthood in my city in 1974, where they helped me with birth control- and I didn’t have to be a teenaged mother. My mom just told me “Do what you have to do-just don’t tell me about it.”🤷‍♀️Planned Parenthood must be supported. It’s imperative.

I was able to go to Planned Parenthood at 15 to get a birth control shot without my parents. Thank God for this, bc my dad wouldn’t have allowed, and my life may have been very different today.

What Sara said coming from a religious upbringing you don’t talk to your parents about sex it’s a no no because you’re not supposed to do it until you’re married

Does this mean boys under 18 can not purchase condoms without their parents consent.

I think their plan is much more sinister, Joy. I think it is more about increasing the birth rate, even amongst 16-year-olds. I could be wrong, but they do believe birth control is a form of abortion and life begins at conception. We hear people like them always talking about the birth rates also. And then with all the anti-choice laws being passed, they are probably hoping more people just give up and decide to have the baby.

if there is anything in this world that minors do not need parental consent for using, that is contraception. everyone should use it unless they want to have a baby.

Minors should have access to free birth control and condoms. A parent shouldn’t have to consent because most parents would say no and yet most people have sex before legally becoming an adult.

Great point, Alyssa!

"Do they do this at Tony Bennett concerts?" Umm... Joy... got some bad news for you... 😬

I'll keep saying it, I LOVE this panel, these women bring such nuanced perspectives with enough respect to let each other talk

Can we just let Texas leave the Union? It will be no great loss, more tax money for the rest of us , certainly less trouble ! Hahaha!

The one thing that people miss on this subject is that a female born in the United States regardless of her age is a citizen who has constitutional rights and it is egregious for a parent to deny her birth control simply based on their belief in a religion!

Parents need to have open and honest conversations about sex with their children when they're in their teen years.

There's a word for parents who don't want children to know about contraception--grandparents.

Soonnnnyyyyy......TOO much eye makeup!! You are so lovely, my dear, without that!!

I don’t want my kids getting medical care without my consent

This is a ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t. This could prevent unwanted pregnancies. They will have sex, regardless. I enjoyed what Sara said, not my experience, lo those many decades ago when I was a teen

I love Joy 😂😂😂😂😂

Its not the Federal government's job to overstep nor infringe upon the private rights of parents, nor is it there job to hand out birth control items to anyone, not to adults & certainly not to minors. & under the 10th Amendment of the US Constitution, Texas voters have the right to pass a law, & the judges have the right to declare it legally actionable, to require parents are notified about a minor's attempt to get access to something medical in nature like birth control items.

I really appreciate Alyssa's point, since I hadn't really considered that. 🤔

When I was 15yr old, my mother told me to go to planned parenthood. I'm 26 now and teens need confidential services

I work in Public Health, specifically STDs, and we can see minors 12 and up without a parent. I remember telling a mom that when she came to our clinic and she got pissed at me. I'm like, "where we you when your 12 year old was ha sex?" I aaid this to myself of course. And we do this because the child won't be open if a parent is there. Ijs. Also, your local Public Health clinics have condoms and free STD check ups. If you are old enough to have sex, you are old enough to be responsible. Pregnancy is the least of your worries. It's Syphilis....

I remember my mother being shocked and I think disappointed when I told her I was on birth control. I was 19. and thought I was being responsible.

The middleages suddenly did not sound so dark as the states right now

I think folks should be lifting Olivia more than they do Taylor tbh. This girl is speaking and using her platform for protecting women with their right to choose. Parents need to talk to kids young anyways about how bodies work...

In my country you can get birth control without consent at 16. My daughter is now 21 and she told me a few months ago she got "The Pill". Always said to her don't do things your not ready for. She was ready and told me. I didn't freaked out. Only in my head. My little first born baby. 😊😊 Now I'm waiting for my son to tell me. He's almost 20. Do you think he's going to tell me?🤨🤔

I used to teach high school and they're spreading the rumors from the 50s that if it's your 1st time you won't get pregnant, if you jump up and down after you won't get pregnant and of course the old pull out method. 😌

Pray, wait, trust

Texas, the land of freedumb.

You can ask S.Hostin if O.Rodrigo can be sued if any damages or side effects from using the pills/items she did hand out the girls anymore if she handed them sanitary napkins and tampons.

Genius, now these kids will be ordering pils over the internet or getting it from friends and God knows what they’ll end up with

So does that mean a teenager can't buy condoms at a CVS?

Do drugstores in the USA still place condoms in an obscured part of the store as if it’s contraband?

Justice Anthony Kennedy noted in his dissent in the 2000 case Stenberg v. Carhart that “The fetus can be alive at the beginning of the dismemberment process and can survive for a time while its limbs are being torn off.”

Alyssa, that’s precisely why it’s important for these clinics to be allowed to provide birth control services. Most of these clinics, like Planned Parenthood, have doctors that can evaluate the side effects better than a parent or a friend on the street would.

OMG, i will never understand kids like Gabriel who's so confortable that they give details of their sex life to their parents 😱

They need to leave other peoples children alone

Olivia Rodrigo handing out 'Morning After' or some contraception or any pills to girls/young women is like to say if Elvis,Frank Sinatra, or some popular all male rap hip hop act or heavy metal rock band were to hand out ED pills like Viagra or any sex enhancing pills/devices to boys without a doctor's okay/ without any parents knowledge or okay.

Not only should minors be able to get birth control it should be over the counter.. Vote 💙

The side effects... your kid has to be 16 to get a tattoo without parental permission... to go on a field trip... idk giving a pill without permission seems a bit dangerous... condoms okay... but a pill... idk

Do you know what a side effect of not having birth control is, an un wanted pregnant.

16 or 17 year olds is understandable in certain situations but any child under 16 years old should have their legal parent or guardians consent, etc. instead of telling young girls to be free, explore their sexuality and have promiscuous sex they should teach and promote safe responsible sex instead.

Whoopi always confused with that weed brain.

So no birth control or abortion

This is just going to up the numbers of teen pregnancies again.

You need parental consent for a tattoo. And for many other things. It’s absolutely necessary that parent be informed about their child wanting to be on birth control. It’s not helicopter parenting. It’s called parenting. Children are children not adults.

*Ladies, Republicans want to tell you what to do with your body and health choices. Bad, bad news. VOTE wisely.*

But what if it's not for birth control? My mother suffered from severe PMS symptoms before she started taking oral contraception. As soon as I started my period, she took me to her doctor and I've been on birth control pills ever since. I've never used it as birth control

I can see both sides of this issue, personally I wouldn't want my kid to be treated as a minor as it is a medical situation.

get over it, where there's a will there's a way they will do it, but best that you equip them with responsible choices so they don't alter their life and the lives of those connected to them negatively I mean I took it at 14 and didn't even have sex until late 16 and I've never had a child and I'm 38 now.

I wish WhOOPI would let Sunny speak. Let the lawyer speak about the law and she can just moderate the conversation.

If you're sending your child to a concert without you, then you should be ok with someone else offering them birth control

Whoopie referred to the federal "guideline" and Sunny called it a federal law. Which is it?

This is all news to me. I thought girls had to get permission from their parents to get it. Taught me something.

I was 16 when I got the pill to stop my bad cramps but didn’t have sex until I was an adult.

The number of children being taken away from their parents is about to skyrocket in Texas.

Is it the same for the boys?

Olivia Rodrigo must be looking to get sued. She has no business handing out pills to minors. It's none of her business and what does she have to gain by doing this. It's very very irresponsible. STOP IT.

I agree with the upper east side mentality!!!

I don't have Planned Parenthood but the local Health Department gives free birth control to anyone who wants it.

Is Sunny in drag?

These ladies are hilarious! whats wrong with parental involvement. the problem with this generation is parents are very hands off. Its a shame. Our young people need 2 parents involved...a mother and a father.

I am now an official fan ❤❤❤

There’s a lady in deep trouble right now . One her father was impersonating a FBI agent. 2️⃣ she has a child that is of age that will point to underage sexual activity that I know for sure #Skate

So long as it is the law in parts of the United States that minors who get impregnated from rape or incest have to carry the baby to term, birth control should be freely accessible to them. You do not get to trap women and girls into carrying a baby to term. Do you know how many girls are raped by their parents? You want victims to go to their parents and ask for permission to get birth control?

This is such a bs!! I live in Texas the Maga Republican, Governor Greg Abbott! I live in Texas and condemn the Republican bs!!.

Her defending Nick Saban lost me. He doesn’t want athletes that are responsible for his wealth being compensated adequately. Those athletes are primarily black. Stop going lending your talents to coaches and institutions like Saban and the university of Alabama, that only seek to use you for their benefit!

Watch "The Business of Birth Control" by Ricki Lake. That's all I'm gonna say. 🥺

I officially love Olivia Rodrigo

Side effects are disclosed when seen by a provider. Not only that questions regarding said risks are asked to match the patient with the best birth control option. Such as blood clot history, headaches, blood pressure, depression, cancer history,etc.

My parents didn't know i was having sex & didn't i was taking birth control..the guy i was dated @ the time told them..i would go to the health department & get birth control pills & condoms

She's a weirdo for that. She's like "Here go have unprotected sex". There's a whole bunch of STDs they need to protect themselves from.

To Alyssa’s point, couldn’t they just go to the doctor if they are experiencing side effects. With that said I would want teens to be given condoms because there are worse things that could happen to them besides teen pregnancy.

Just come to California. Minors can also have sex changes without parental consent. 😢

Alyssa is right. Excuse me, but why in the world is Olivia Rodrigo acting like a nurse practitioner/gp by handing out hormonal medication to minors? She has no standing, or title to interject. This world is in the upside down

So teens have no religious freedom.

The fact that Sarah commends Olivia Rodrigo for handing out Plan B pills says a lot. 🤐

Joy isn’t the brightest crayon in the box 🙄

*I miss Barbara Walters.*

I would think it’s still confidential if your parents know. Many minors have medical conditions and their parents NEED to know. That don’t mean it’s violating HIPPA.

YES PARENTAL CONSENT IS GREAT 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 2:09 singer olivia Rodrigo giving out plan b in her concerts to teens, it’s horrible! What is she going to do next, give out drugs, sex toys, porn? Without their parent’s consent?

But guns are just around the corner.. shameful

On one level I can understand get giving the birth control to minors. But on the other hand if there is a reaction to the pill and they need to go to a hospital it could be tricky. I don't agree with that singer giving out morning after pills

That's incredibly dangerous, what a walking liability.

I thought Federal law always trumps State law

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Tony Bennett is dead

I couldn't talk to my parents about sex but I didn't have sex until I was in college. I learned on my own. I couldn't talk to my daughter about sex either. She had a high school boyfriend. Maybe they did everything but!!! I don't know how my daughter learned about it all

Give Alyssa a chance to talk!!

Any parent that has even the slightest moral compass would agree that parents have a 💯 decision over their kids , on any topic , that are minors

We need some morals honestly. Call me old school despite me being in my 20s, this is crazy. Wait until you're married or at least in a committed relationship, definitely not as a minor.