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Patrick J. McNulty, BS, Francis M. Stanwood, RN, BSN and Sherrie M. Gallas, MPH

The authors are with the McHenry County Department of Health. Woodstock, Ill.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Patrick J. McNulty, BS, McHenry County Department of Health, 2200 N Seminary Ave, Woodstock, IL 60098 (e-mail: pjmcnulty@co.mchenry.il.us).

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We would like to correct misinterpretations in the article "Fertility and Parental Consent for Minors to Receive Contraceptives," which appeared in the August 2004 edition of the Journal. This article examines the effect of requiring parental consent for minors to receive medical contraceptives from the McHenry County Department of Health in Illinois. Zavodny concludes that the parental consent requirement has significantly raised the number of teenage pregnancies in the county. To reach this conclusion, the author used birth rates for women aged 18 years and younger. This is a serious error in the study population. The McHenry County Board of . . . [Full Text]