Posted on 10/02/2006 12:41:02 PM PDT by SmithL
PROPOSITION 85 is a deceptive rehash of last year's Proposition 73, the parental-notification act that voters rejected. Under the guise that this is a proposition about child safety and parental rights, its backers are claiming that it's all about keeping parents involved in their children's lives when it comes to making such a decision as difficult as whether or not to have an abortion.
Don't be fooled.
Proposition 73 was a bad idea, and Proposition 85 is still a bad idea. Though the backers have stripped some of the measure's objectionable language -- a phrase that sought to embed wording into the state Constitution that abortion is the "death of an unborn child, a child conceived but not yet born," which critics rightly argued could be a set-up for litigation to outlaw abortion -- this still amounts to an attempt to undermine the state's privacy rights as affirmed by the state Supreme Court.
But let's start with the proposition's broadest conceptual idea: The idea that in the event of a pregnancy, a minor should go to her parents for guidance and support. In some 80 percent of cases, that's exactly what pregnant minors do, and we believe that it's the ideal scenario.
That leaves the other 20 percent of pregnant minors, or the less-than-ideal scenario. These are the most vulnerable girls, the girls who tend to come from family situations that are unhealthy, unaccepting or violent.
As we said in opposing Prop. 73, in cases where one or both parents are vehemently anti-abortion, the notification requirement could be tantamount to a consent requirement.
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I find the use of "breeder" or "non-breeder" rather offensive. Kindly keep that in mind.
Thanks for the ping!
Political alliances. A huge amount of money is behind Planned Parenthood and other anti-reproduction organizations.
"we are all going to be forced to bend over and pray to the Cult of the Anus"
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