{
  "id": 4745173,
  "title": "Most states provide minors autonomy to consent to STI/HIV services",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/most-states-provide-minors-autonomy-to-consent-to-sti-hiv-services",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-31T23:40:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-states-minors-autonomy-consent-stihiv.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "New data on LawAtlas.org capture details of state laws that allow individuals younger than the legal \"age of majority\" to autonomously consent to general health care, HIV and STI services. This longitudinal dataset includes state statutes and regulations for the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico and captures changes in the law from May 31, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2024.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}