Posted on 04/16/2015 12:52:24 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Spain’s Socialist leader, Pedro Sánchez, has apologized after he accidentally voted for a law requiring girls under 18 to obtain parental consent for abortions.
The law, introduced by the governing People’s Party and long opposed by the Socialists, was promised by the conservative PP last autumn after it abandoned its controversial attempt to reverse the country’s abortion laws. The legislation being proposed then would have turned Spain into one of the toughest places in Europe to obtain an abortion. […]
On Wednesday, as social media poked fun at the opposition leader’s blunder, likening him to Homer Simpson at the control panel or Home Alone’s Kevin McCallister, Sánchez repeated his apology, telling reporters it was “an error that I regret tremendously.” …
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What possible reason could the left come up with to be “offended” by standing up for parental rights?
While many 15-16-17 year olds are quite capable of independant life, they are still legally the wards of their parents. If the parent is responsible for the teen, the parent MUST know everything that the teen is up to.
It comes down to: my house, my rules. Don’t like it, leave.
Oh, and expect the support from me on a par with the respect you showed me.
Abolition of the family! Even the most radical flare up at this infamous proposal of the Communists. …One of the primary tenets of the left. Therefore, standing up for the rights of parents in a family is anathema.
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