Posted on 10/29/2008 11:25:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
For the third time, California voters are being asked to weigh-in on teen abortions. Proposition 4 on the November 4 ballot would amend the state constitution to require doctors to notify parents 48 hours before performing an abortion on girls under age 18.
A few weeks ago, NPR's Forum program took up the debate on Proposition 4. The show's host Michael Krasny moderated a discussion between Margaret Crosby a staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Commission and Dolores Meehan with the Yes on 4 Campaign. To listen to the program, click here.
Meehan started the conversation by expressing why voters should support Proposition 4:
Proposition 4 is not prohibiting abortion in any way. It doesn't restrict access. It requires notification so that a physician, before he performs an abortion on a minor, would actually have to get the consent of a parent [or other adult family member]. Why are we putting this out there for the third time? Getting women the right to vote, abolishing slavery didn't happen in one electoral cycle. At the time those items were seen as an aberration, but certainly when we look back we say that this was good and benefited the common good of our society. In California as a port state our kids are much more susceptible to the sex trafficking industry. In fact, the Department of Justice Organized Crime Task Force doesn't spend time catching gangsters. They go after human trafficking for the sex trade. Kink.com is a pornography film company that's located in San Francisco. The opportunities for young girls to be exploited sexually has increased. When the abortion remains secret, the abuse remains secret. Sexual predators will not be able to hide the evidence of their crime by having secret abortions. To date, not one sexual predator has been
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This is clearly a family matter. It is between the parents and the daughter; not the parents, daughter, government.
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When I see this subject being debated, I have often wondered who’s responsibility is it if something goes wrong during the abortion. My own daughter has a condition that, if a doctor was unaware, could cause major problems during any procedure.
It is the parents right and responsibility to approve of such things and no one should circumvent that authority.
Beyond the physical aspects of an abortion, there is an emotional part as well. The government should be in the position of supporting parental rights and authority rather than diminishing them.
Agreed.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Like Sarah Palin, I would want my daughter to tell me as soon as she found out she was pregnant. Although my emotion would be one of disappointment, my first action would be to envelop her in a big, warm hug. After she was fully assured that I still love her — then we could discuss the future...
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