Posted on 05/05/2009 12:23:00 PM PDT by Caleb1411
Gov. Sarah Palin is backing a ballot measure to bypass the Legislature and make it illegal for teenagers to get an abortion without telling their parents.
The initiative sponsors, including former Lt. Gov. Loren Leman, applied last week to start gathering signatures. The measure would generally forbid a girl under 18 from getting an abortion unless the doctor informed at least one of her parents beforehand.
Palin said she plans to be the first in line to sign up. The governor said she even considered sponsoring the initiative herself, but decided otherwise after checking with the state's lawyers.
"I got a preliminary opinion from Law (Department) just giving me a heads up that critics would certainly file an ethics charge against me if I were to sponsor an initiative. So though I maintain I have First Amendment rights just as any other citizen does, I won't flirt with the notion of giving critics more ammunition to keep filing wasteful ethics charges against me, but instead I'll volunteer to be the first signature," Palin said.
The sponsors can start collecting signatures once Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell certifies the ballot language as legal. The goal is to get the initiative on the ballot for the next primary election, which will be in August 2010. That would require the sponsors to gather at least 32,734 signatures before the legislative session starts in January.
The abortion rights group Planned Parenthood will oppose the initiative.
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Is there any reason NOT to love this woman?
You need parental permission to give a child asprin, or cough medicine. You need permission from the parents to give the child sex education, field trips or to travel to ‘away games’. If your child plays sports, and is hurt, permission is required for that child to receive medical treatment. This is to make the parents aware of what the child is doing, where they are going, and what, if any, risk is involved.
However, Libtards see no reason why a parent needs to know about a medical proceedure such as abortion?
It just seems to me that if you don’t have a vested interest in the case, you don’t get to set the rules. If they want those rules set for their children - that’s their perogative. However, that should not limit my perogatives.
Palin is what the socialists call a “reactionary”. She believes that parents should be involved with raising their children. There’s only one thing we can do with a leader who holds such unenlightened views: put her in the White House as soon as possible.
The fact that she sends liberals into paroxysms of malevolence is yet another reason to love her.
God bless our Governor. She’s walking the walk, not just talking the talk.
Every day, it becomes more obvious we NEED Mrs. Palin in the White House.
GO ‘CUDA!!!!!
“However, Libtards see no reason why a parent needs to know about a medical proceedure such as abortion?”
Exactly! I just can’t believe people have a problem with this, even if they are for abortion/choice you would think they would still want to know if their child was having something this serious done to them. They would rather see kids die than give the prolife side a tiny inch. The child predators probably love this!
It's only abortion. It's not like it's an Advil, or something equally hazardous that would justify a strip search in school.
She is AWESOME. The GOP should be listening to HER instead of making sexist comments about her. Hey GOP, open up your damn EYES..this woman is the real deal. Listen to what she has to sday
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