o obtain an abortion out-of-state were the largest source of teenage callers seeking out-of-state abortions, at seven to 10 calls per day. NAF hotline operator Amy Schriefer has gone so far as to talk a Richmond area teenage girl through the route (involving a Greyhound bus and the Metro's Red Line) to obtain an abortion in the District of Columbia. IV. Adult Male Predators and Evasion of Parental Involvement Laws Importantly, evasion of a state's parental involvement law can sometimes be part of an effort to cover up the commission of a crime. According to Professor Teresa Collett of the South Texas College of Law, who testified before the Subcommittee on the Constitution last year, it is becoming increasingly clear that most underage pregnancies are the result of a lack of sexual restraint by adult men.(28) In a study of over 46,000 pregnancies by school-age girls in California, researchers found that "71%, or over 33,000, were fathered by adult post-high-school men whose mean age was 22.6 years, an average of 5 years older than the mothers. . . . Even among junior high school mothers aged 15 or younger, most births are fathered by adult men 6-7 years their senior. Men aged 25 or older father more births among California school-age girls than do boys under age 18."(29) Other studies have found that most teenage pregnancies are the result of predatory practices by men who are substantially older.(30)Another study reports that 58 percent of the time it is the girl's boyfriend who accompanies her for an abortion when her parents have not been told about the pregnancy.(31) Obviously, many of these males are vulnerable to statutory rape charges, and thus have a strong incentive to pressure the much younger girl to agree to an abortion without revealing the pregnancy to her parents. Currently, such a male often can evade parental consent requirements by driving his victim across state lines.V. Constitutional AnalysisA. Constitutional Author...
