[chae]

I don’t think so, but I don’t live in Texas, and didn’t follow it that closely.

[newzjunkey]

There absolutely was an opt-out clause in Perry's executive order. See the link for the full order or the quote from it here:

Parents’ Rights. The Department of State Health Services will, in order to protect the right of parents to be the final authority on their children’s health care, modify the current process in order to allow parents to submit a request for a conscientious objection affidavit form via the Internet while maintaining privacy safeguards under current law.

CA isn't involving parents at all. A 12 yo's direct consent bill is perverse and government interference of the worst kind.

Those of us in San Diego need to be aware and spread the word Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, a GOP candidate for mayor in 2012, voted YES on AB 499.

[trebb]

I don’t think so, but I don’t live in Texas, and didn’t follow it that closely.

And there you have it with the Perry bashers - they just don't know, but they heard something so they "think so". There was an opt out from the beginning so anyone who objected did not have to comply with the "edict".