July 25, 2006 10:01 PM
Parental notification upheld by House
From tomorrow's Washington Post:
The Senate voted yesterday to make it a crime to take a pregnant girl across state lines to obtain an abortion without her parents' knowledge, handing a long-sought victory to the Bush administration and abortion opponents.The bill would help about three dozen states enforce laws that require minors to notify or obtain the consent of their parents before having an abortion. It would bar people -- including clergy members and grandparents -- from helping a girl travel to another state to avoid parental-involvement laws. Violations could result in a year in prison.
Yeah, and it would bar older boyfriends (predators) from further exploiting young girls. I mean, are grandparents and clergy members clamoring to take girls across state lines for abortions?
Predictable reactions from the left:
Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, called the Senate vote "an irresponsible action that will do nothing to protect young women's safety or improve family communication."Caroline Fredrickson, Washington legislative director of the American Civil Liberties Union, said the measure "would put teens, especially the most vulnerable ones, at greater risk." She added: "Not all teenagers come from the perfect American family."
I didn't know there was a perfect American family. But I do know that most parents - no matter how they feel about premarital sex - would want to be there to help their daughter through the emotional turmoil of an unplanned pregnancy. PP fanatics seem to feel that there are dads with belts out there just waiting to beat their wayward daughters to within an inch of their lives. Sorry, but I just don't think that's the case.
The fact is that PP makes millions of dollars a year providing abortions to girls who get in trouble partly because PP has convinced young people that it is okay to have sex. For statistics on PP, see Life Issues Institute. And for a view of what PP wants your kids to think about sex, see their site TeenWire (be forewarned that this is graphic content and not for the faint of heart).
Chalk up one partial victory for the family - the bill still has to make it through the House. If it does, Bush will sign it, of course.
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Comments
I agree. I would want to help my daughter or my sons if something like this happened. I would not want my daughter to be able to go across state lines to have an abortion I didn't know about. We don't believe in abortion and what if something were to go wrong with one of those poor girls. How can young girls be expected to make adult decisions alone when they are not yet adults?
Posted by: Christina | July 26, 2006 12:38 AM
