Most states require parental consent for Covid-19 shots for ages 12 to 15, but not all. Here’s the list.

By Jacqueline Howard and Virginia Langmaid, CNN

Updated 11:51 AM ET, Tue May 18, 2021

https://us.cnn.com/2021/05/14/health/covid-19-vaccines-teens-parental-consent-wellness/index.html

(CNN)Nearly all states require some form of parental or guardian consent for vaccine providers to administer Covid-19 shots to people ages 12 to 15, a CNN analysis finds. But there are a few exceptions.

Five states — Alabama, Iowa, North Carolina, Oregon and Tennessee — either allow some ages in that group to consent for themselves or leave requirements up to individual vaccine providers.

CNN reached out to all 50 states about their laws regarding parental consent to vaccinate people ages 12 to 15. The US Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine in 12- to 15-year-olds in the United States on Monday and on Wednesday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended using the vaccine in that age group.
Expanding authorization to people 12 to 15 opened Covid-19 vaccination to another 5% of the US population, nearly 17 million more people. But not all parents of people in that age group want their children to be vaccinated against Covid-19