Minors’ Authority to Consent to Contraceptive Services
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as of August 2025
| Location | Do States Explicitly Allow Minors to Consent to Contraceptive Services? |
|---|---|
| United States | Parental consent required: 4; Certain minors have right to consent, no laws allowing or prohibiting other minors: 13 <br> No laws allowing or prohibiting minors to consent: 9; Minors have right to consent to contraceptive care: 24 states and D.C. |
| Alabama | Certain minors can consent |
| Alaska | Yes |
| Arizona | Yes |
| Arkansas | Yes |
| California | Yes |
| Colorado | Yes |
| Connecticut | Yes |
| Delaware | Certain minors can consent |
| District of Columbia | Yes |
| Florida | Certain minors can consent |
| Georgia | Yes |
| Hawaii | Certain minors can consent |
| Idaho | No |
| Illinois | Certain minors can consent |
| Indiana | No laws allowing or prohibiting minors to consent |
| Iowa | Yes |
| Kansas | Certain minors can consent |
| Kentucky | Yes |
| Louisiana | No laws allowing or prohibiting minors to consent |
| Maine | Yes |
| Maryland | Yes |
| Massachusetts | Yes |
| Michigan | No laws allowing or prohibiting minors to consent |
| Minnesota | Yes |
| Mississippi | Certain minors can consent |
| Missouri | No laws allowing or prohibiting minors to consent |
| Montana | Certain minors can consent |
| Nebraska | No laws allowing or prohibiting minors to consent |
| Nevada | Yes |
| New Hampshire | No laws allowing or prohibiting minors to consent |
| New Jersey | Yes |
| New Mexico | Yes |
| New York | Yes |
| North Carolina | Yes |
| North Dakota | No laws allowing or prohibiting minors to consent |
| Ohio | No laws allowing or prohibiting minors to consent |
| Oklahoma | Certain minors can consent |
| Oregon | Yes |
| Pennsylvania | Yes |
| Rhode Island | Certain minors can consent |
| South Carolina | Certain minors can consent |
| South Dakota | No |
| Tennessee | Yes |
| Texas | No |
| Utah | Certain minors can consent |
| Vermont | Yes |
| Virginia | Yes |
| Washington | Yes |
| West Virginia | No |
| Wisconsin | No laws allowing or prohibiting minors to consent |
| Wyoming | Certain minors can consent |