House Passes Parental Notification Bill

CNS News ^ | 4-28-05 | Susan Jones

[FlyLow]

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill requiring girls under 18 to notify their parents before traveling to another state for an abortion.

The Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (H.R. 748), sponsored by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), passed Wednesday on a bipartisan vote of 270-157.

John Ensign (R-Nev.) introduced a similar parental notification bill in the Senate, but Democrats who oppose the measure have blocked it, much to the dismay of pro-life groups.

"It is outrageous that the Senate Democratic caucus has thrown up procedural obstacles to block parental notification legislation, despite numerous polls showing 75 percent or more of the public supports requiring parental notification," said Douglas Johnson, legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC).

In a national poll of 1,000 adults conducted April 21-24 by The Polling Company, Inc., respondents were asked, "Do you agree or disagree that a person should be able to take a minor girl across state lines to obtain an abortion without her parents' knowledge?

According to the NLRC, 82 percent of those polled disagreed (including 75 percent who "strongly disagreed" and 7 percent who "somewhat disagreed"), while only 15 percent agreed (including 7 percent who "strongly agreed" and 8 percent who somewhat agreed).

[One Proud Dad]

Any parent who doesn't care what their underage kids is doing is no parent and qualifies as a moron.

Things would be so much better if the only right your kid had was not to be abused. All others are granted by parents.

[BlkConserv]

Senate RINOs will kill this bill or water it down to appease the Dems

[TheForceOfOne]

Gee ya think?

And we needed a law for this?

Just shows how far down the wrong road liberals took us.

[Fierce Allegiance]

If girls under the age of 18 can't legally consent to sex, why then can they legally consent to an abortion? Wouldn't the doctor performing the abortion be open to some kind of statutory rape charge?

[OneRatToGo]

So since my daughter is 17 she can't legally buy cigarettes, lottery tickets, rent a car or drink alcohol but she can cross a state line and have an abortion without notification to me or my wife.

Of course she still needs my permission to go on a school field trip.

I would like to know what's going on so I can reason with her about murdering my grandchild.

[Blood of Tyrants]

IMHO, this law doesn't goe nearly far enough. "Notification" could consist of, "Mom, I'm at the state border and I am going to get an abortion in ______. Bye." What is needed is parental PERMISSION for a minor to GET an abortion.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Hell, there is NO AGE REQUIREMENT AT ALL to et an abortion. A 12 year old can get an abortion without her parent's permission.