She called the prayers "discrimination and harassment" for requiring girls to pray at the back of the room and for disclosing their "private personal female condition".

There are a number of religions that prohibit women from revealing their legs, requiring all women and often young girls to wear only trousers.

The Illinois law would require girls under 18 who seek abortions either to wait 24 hours after both parents have been notified or to obtain state court approval.

The Florida Supreme Court struck down a law requiring teen-age girls to get a parent's consent for an abortion.

Wisconsin requires girls under 18 to get a parent's consent, and a 24-hour waiting period between counseling and an abortion.

The law, which requires girls under 18 to notify their parents before getting an abortion, was to have taken effect July 1.

It would require girls under the age of 17 to get one parent's written consent.

More than 20 states have laws that require girls under 18 to notify their parents and, in some states, get their parents' consent before they can have an abortion.

But let's think carefully before requiring young girls to get this vaccine, which protects against a sexually transmitted virus, in order to go to school.