The mother of the girl said in an interview that when her daughter needed an operation last year (an appendix, I think) she had to sign several forms giving permission for the operation as the childs parent and guardian. She asked how come her daughter could have this vitally necessary operation only after she had signed the forms and yet none of these forms or the permission were needed to terminate the pregnancy.
I guess that someone, somewhere, with the appropriate authority decided that it would be in the childs best interest to go along without the parents permission. Probably from social services; they can do that sort of thing, apparently…

Flood.™

Well that is a bloody shame! I can’t begin to comprehend something like that. You are just obliged to get parental permission and if not by law you just should do it morally!