At what age can a girl in Oklahoma go to a health dept/planned parent hood for b/c without her parent?

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Menyanthes is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the family Menyanthaceae containing the single species Menyanthes trifoliata. The name Menyanthes comes from the Greek words menyein, meaning "disclosing", and anthos, meaning "flower", in reference to the sequential opening of flowers on the inflorescence.

Menyanthes trifoliata occurs in bogs and marshes in Asia, Europe, and North America. The North American form is often referred to as M. trifoliata var. minor Michx. It is known in English by the common names bog-bean and buckbean, and in German as Bitterklee or Fieberklee.

From the following website –
www.cvni.org/wildflowernursery/wildflowers/bogbean

Irish name – Báchrán
Bogbean family – Menyanthaeae

The bogbean is an aquatic or bog plant, hence the “bog” part of the name. The three shiny, smooth-edged leaflets on the plant (look at the Latin name “trifoliata“, which means three leaves) look like the leaves of a bean plant, hence then name “bean”.

Bogbean flowers between May and July, with feathery, star-like flowers – pink on the outside, white on the inside. Multiple flowers occur in groups (racemes) at the end of the flower stalk. These, and the leaves, raise themselves up on long, thick stalks to avoid shade.

The bogbean flowers are pollinated by bees and butterflies, but the flowers’ rank smell also attracts beetles and flies. Its fruit consists of a capsule containing many shiny, yellow-brown buoyant seeds.

The bogbean thrives in moist, light places on most soil types and can be found in blanket bogs, raised bogs, fens and ponds throughout Northern Ireland. Although a native plant, it is not protected or threatened, and can be very common in the Northern Irish scenery, but its range has decreased due to the drainage of many of our natural wetlands.

An alternative common name, “bog hop” came into existance because of the use of the leaves as a flavouring in beer-making! The bogbean had many historical medicinal uses and is still used by modern herbalists. The leaves were used for tea to strengthen weak stomachs, and the plant was also used against tuberculosis, heart problems and asthma. Native Americans also used the bogbean as an emergency food supply, but both the leaves and the root of the plant have a bitter taste.

Question by ☼▬Jessi Ann▬☼: At what age can a girl in Oklahoma go to a health dept/planned parent hood for b/c without her parent?
I ask because recently my 14 1/2 yr old niece confessed she’s become sexually active with her 16 yr old b/f. I have tried talking to the mom and tried to make her see reason but she refuses to put her daughter on b/c because she claims she’s “too young” the daughter is calling asking me for help and i’m caught in the middle. I refuse to take the kid to get b/c myself because that’s overstepping my bounds and opposing the moms right to mother her child how she sees fit. but if the daughter was able to go get the b/c by herself that might help divert this train headed for disaster. The girl hasn’t made the guy use condoms yet because like most teenage guys he’s really convincing and smooth talks her out of it. I have gone over the birds and bees, STD’s & STI’s with this girl long before the b/f came into the pic and she still made a classic girl in love mistake. I am at my wits end with her mom i refuse to try to tell her how to raise her kid but i hate to see a young child’s life ruined by being ill informed. I can’t find any info online about how young is too young to get b/c and exams from a health dept or pp if you a minor. Please good info only and no rude comments. I am concerned for me nieces health and well being, i love her mom to death but she is incompetent in matters of sex,health,and that arena in general. I just want my niece to have a chance at a full healthy life, maybe even college, and if she becomes a teen mom or gets an incurable STD it will break my heart. What can or should i do?
Obviously i can’t call them right now their closed, and i don’t have a lot of expierence with planned parenthood or health dept’s because i’ve always had insurance. Just looking for good advice.

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