Posted on 06/09/2005 5:47:00 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
AUGUSTA - A Hampden state senator staged a losing one-woman debate Wednesday night in an attempt to convince the Maine Senate that parents should be consulted before abortions are performed on their minor children.
Following the lead of the Maine House, which rejected LD 1575 Tuesday, the Senate voted 21-14 against the measure which included a fiscal note of $241,000 for court-related expenses associated with any resulting judicial review and appeal of a minor's court-approved abortion.
Sen. Debra D. Plowman, R-Hampden, told her seatmates that "as a woman and a mother," she would want to know if one of her daughters was ever going to seek an abortion.
"And so do most Mainers according to recent polls," she said. "They would want to know that something that's going to change their daughter's life is happening."
Plowman said that under current law, children are being asked to make abortion decisions as if they were adults and that they are not capable of dealing with pregnancy issues without the guidance of an adult, "preferably a parent." In 2002, she said, 198 girls between the ages of 10 and 17 sought abortions in Maine.
"If you take out the 60 percent who involved their parents, you've got 80 young women who are making the decision on their own," she said. "They are children making adult decisions."
Plowman said girls under 18 may be escorted to abortion clinics by family planning advocates who would require the child to buckle her seat belt for the trip to the clinic, "because she's not old enough to make that decision herself.
"The person in charge is telling her what's good for her," Plowman said. "That girl is going to go home and try to tell what's happened to her and she's going to deal with it on her own because the person who takes her [to the clinic] isn't taking her home and tucking her in bed that night and giving her two Tylenol. ... This isn't about reproductive freedom - it's about caring for the whole child."
Another bill, LD 25, which would have required a physician to counsel a woman seeking an abortion 24 hours before the procedure took place, was also defeated 24-11 in the Senate after it was defeated 91-55 Tuesday in the House. Another abortion-related bill, LD 1512, was deferred for further action later this week.
To: National and Assignment desks, Daybook Editor
Contact: Megan Sette of Women's Campaign Fund, 800-446-8170 or Megan@wcfonline.org
WASHINGTON, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Women's Campaign Fund (WCF), the nation's oldest nonpartisan political action committee dedicated to electing pro-choice women, will host the Annual Washington, D.C., Dinner "Parties of Your Choice" on Wednesday, June 15.
The evening will begin with a 6 p.m. cocktail reception at The Stewart Mott House. Attendees will have the opportunity to mingle with (Maine) Senator Susan Collins ( Catholic), House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi ("conservative Catholic") , and more than 30 members of congress, plus special guests from the arts, media, and business fields. Following the reception, guests will disperse to various parties throughout the city.
Notables such as Sen. Mary Landrieu (Roman Catholic), Rep. Judy Biggert (Episcopalian) , and Rep. Susan Davis (Jewish) will host dinners in their private homes on Capitol Hill. Each of the eight dinner parties will feature pro-choice elected officials and candidates including Sen. Maria Cantwell (Roman Catholic) , (Maine)Sen. Olympia Snowe (Greek Orthodox), Rep. Nancy Johnson (Unitarian Universalist), Rep. Carolyn Maloney (Presbyterian), and Candidate for Boston Mayor, Maura Hennigan, among many others.
Celebrity guests attending the "Parties of Your Choice" include Newsweek's Eleanor Clift, EMME the Supermodel, To the Contrary's host Bonnie Erbe, actress Kathryn Joosten from The West Wing, author Kitty Kelley, political commentator Bill Press, former White House bureau chief Helen Thomas, singer Dar Williams, and many more.
Individual tickets are $250 or complimentary when joining WCF's Leadership Circle. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Women's Campaign Fund at 800-446-8170 or Megan@wcfonline.org. Space is limited. Press welcome with advanced notice.
Since its inception in 1974, WCF has invested millions of dollars in over 2,000 campaigns, and continues to assist pro-choice women running for office at all levels of government.
Visit the website at http://www.wcfonline.org
Maine is now a nutty liberal state. Maine and Vermont were the only two states to vote against FDR in one of the elections. Now both of these states are overrun by liberal fruits and nuts.
It is obvious that in Maine, Republicans are really democrats...
In Vermont, politicians are looney-tunes...and mean...
New Hampshire has one very good senator, Sen. Gregg.
The rest of New England---progressive, liberal to the core.
Looking past the fact that abortion is murder this logic is just wrong. How many teens have died from complications following an abortion because they wouldn't tell their parents they needed medical treatment for complications following a procedure that the parents never knew about? I'm sure there are a few cases out there but so far nobody has spoken out about it. If they have spoken the media has kept it quite. Sooner or later it will happen because not every abortion goes smoothly.
If I were a parent and opened my mail one day and there was a bill for an abortion procedure on my daughter. hell would freeze over before I would pay it.
Wow. I had no idea that Maine had become such a toilet.
So now minors need parental permission before they can get their belly-button pierced, but not for an abortion.
Yes, the whole United States is starting to smell the stink in Maine!
We've become the California of the east coast.
Pro-choice my butt, these two *whores, snowe and collins, are pro-infanticide, neither of them has ever carried a baby to term, and ...
*Whore A woman who sells herself and accepts money in return for servicing a man or woman.
Snowe and Collins are whores of the very worst kind.
The only thing that makes these two tolerable is that they too will one day face God Almighty. One day they too will find that the writer of Hebrews 9:27 was qouting God.
I disagree, a medical procedure is to save or enhance life, abortion is the intentional first degree premeditated taking of a life by slow torture.
The sanfranssisyco of of the east coast.
Email or call any memeber of the maine legislature and let them know that there is no way you would take your family and children to the state of maine as long as it is the moral cess pool of the country.
"We've become the California of the east coast."
Maine actually does follow Calif in many of its laws, mostly dealing with the environment. For example, we now do as Cal does and outlawed the sale of diesel autos. Big trucks are fine but fuel efficient cars are not. I bought my VW Jetta diesel (45- 51 mpg) just before the ban took effect.
You can, however, just drive down to Mass or New Hampshire and buy one and drive it in the state. Dumb, but with our legislature, understandable.
I would like to use this in tomorrows issue of Christian-news-in-maine.com would that be OK?
Saw Snowe on TV yesterday wanting to close Gitmo, just like Jimmah Carter. She looks more like a Sharpei every day. How old is she?
Yes, of course, use the links I have above for a breakdown..popped them in for more understanding on how the bills read..got a story coming up shortly think you might want to add to it! Will ping you.
Birthday: Feb 21, 1947 / 58 years old -Snowe
"Bio" connected in a link I provided after each name in the links regarding religion under my Comment. I was researching how many were Catholic.
They all come to Maine during the summer...Feinstein, celebs, Albright, and other notable politicians.. etc.
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