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Compared to other measures on the November special election ballot, Prop. 73 hasn’t attracted much in the way of financial support or opposition. Also (and this is no surprise), Planned Parenthood is the largest donor to date contributing more than $1.1 million to keep parents from being knowing that their minor children are being subjected to an abortion,, an invasive medical procedure. Read More... Craig DeLuz Visit The Home of Uncommon Sense... www.craigdeluz.com

As many of you know, I am working with a coalition of Pro-Family organizations that have come together to help pass Proposition 73 (The Parent’s Right to Know Initiative). The California Parent’s Rights Coalition is made up of the state’s leading advocates for traditional values and religious liberty. However, we still face a significant uphill battle. Read More... Craig DeLuz Visit The Home of Uncommon Sense... www.craigdeluz.com

Passing out a dose of discipline to a largely black audience in St. Louis last night, comedian Bill Cosby criticized the labeling of minorities as "disadvantaged," called Christians to walk their talk, and encouraged fathers to return home to take responsibility for their families. Cosby has gained attention in recent months for his fearlessness in expressing criticism of the African-American community. In an appearance last year to commemorate the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, he pointed fingers at "lower-economic people," shoddy parenting, sexual promiscuity, poor English like "Why you ain't?" and "Where you is?" and names...

Initiative Update as of June 7, 2005 Initiatives Qualified forthe Next Statewide Election Ballot     1067. (SA04RF0030, Amdt. #1-S) [REVISED]Termination of Minor's Pregnancy. Waiting Period and Parental Notification. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.Proponents: Paul E. Laubacher and Barbara R. Laubacher (916) 381-5222Amends California Constitution to bar abortion on unemancipated minor until 48 hours after physician notifies minor's parent/legal guardian, except in medical emergency or with parental waiver. Permits judicial waiver of notice based on clear and convincing evidence of minor's maturity or minor's best interests. Physician must report abortions performed on minors and State shall compile statistics. Authorizes monetary damages for violation....

Should minors be required to notify a parent before getting an abortion? Y or N. (Freep this Poll)

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide a long-unsettled issue of abortion law: the standard to be used in judging the constitutionality of a restriction on a women's right to end a pregnancy. The issue arises in the case of Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (docket 04-1144). The case also raises the question whether a parental consent law for minors' abortions must contain a health exception.

A proposed constitutional amendment making it harder for minors to get abortions has qualified for the next election ballot, the secretary of state's office announced Monday. The measure would prohibit abortions on unemancipated minors until 48 hours after an abortion provider notified the minor's parents or legal guardian. There would be possible civil fines for failing to do so. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has said he will call a special election for November if he's unable to reach agreement with Democrats in the Legislature on three other initiatives he has proposed. Schwarzenegger has said he favors the general idea of parental...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Parents would be told when their minor daughters seek abortions under a bill the Legislature passed Friday. A 96-14 vote in the House sent the measure (CS-HB 1659) to Gov. Jeb Bush, who had signed a similar parental notice bill into law in 1999 only to have it blocked by the courts. Lawmakers were widely expected to pass a new parental notice law this session after voters approved a constitutional amendment in November to address the legal obstacles. But the House and Senate developed parental notice bills that had significant differences. The two chambers worked out...

Sometimes our efforts to stand up for the less fortunate actually can grease their slide backward into even less fortune. That's what I thought of the verbal sucker punch with which August Wilson, the distinguished black playwright, walloped Bill Cosby, the distinguished black comedian. When Time magazine asked Wilson what he thought of Cosby's controversial criticisms of black parenting, the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright was dismissive: "A billionaire attacking poor people for being poor," he said. "Bill Cosby is a clown. What do you expect? I thought it was unfair of him." I, by contrast, think Wilson is being unfair...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The state's social services agency went to court to block a 13-year-old girl who is pregnant and living in a state shelter from having an abortion, and the girl wants to challenge the judge's decision. The ACLU filed an emergency appeal on Wednesday asking a judge to overturn the ruling that would essentially force the girl to become a mother, said Howard Simon, the organization's executive director for Florida. The girl, named L.G. in court documents and described as a longtime ward of the state, learned she was pregnant two weeks ago and had planned...

The inconsistency in the court rulings regarding death and parenting in this country has been raised to a new level. Off the top of my head there are two examples which are simply enraging. First is the idea that a minor cannot be held accountable for pre meditated murder the same as an adult, yet that very same minor can make the decision to abort a child without parental advisement or consent. The Supreme Court has decided that a minor who makes the decision to commit a heinous crime for $25.00, a joyride, or just for kicks is not capable...

In California, a person under the age of 18 cannot get a body piercing, tattoo or get married without parental consent. Yet according to California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, public schools are not required to inform parents if their child leaves campus to receive certain confidential medical services that include an abortion, AIDS treatment and psychological analysis. Although he has previously claimed the law is ambiguous, he recently indicated that in his opinion; parents do not have the right to be notified if their children receive these services. As a parent of 3 children and myself a product of the...

A new bill to protect the rights of parents to know if their daughters are considering abortion is expected to be introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday. The Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act is a refashioned version of the Child Custody Protection Act. It is being introduced by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., and would outlaw the transport of a minor across state lines for the purposes of obtaining an abortion. "(The legislation would come into play) if this is done to evade a parental-notification or parental-consent law that is in effect in a girl's home state," Ros-Lehtinen...

Our Last Christmas in America I, after much research, have come to know hundreds upon hundreds of unborn children of American Citizens are banished, exiled, removed from the soil of these United States each and every year. It is disheartening to know so-called "pro-life" and "pro-family" groups and organizations are in either overt or covert support of the exiling of unborn children of United States Citizens. "Why, why your care, why your concern, about these unborn children" you ask? I am a natural born citizen of the United States. My wife came to the United States as in immigrant by...

The media is missing the desperate message being sent out by parents who feel they have had their parental rights revoked. When Jason Hatch (a member of Fathers 4 Justice) decided to model his Batman Crusader outfit, and scale the walls of Buckingham Palace, Hatch's show to the world wasn't- see the lack of security surrounding her majesty's playground- this was the last thing on this father's mind. What drives a parent, whether a mom or a dad, into pulling on uncomfortable grey tights, neatly tying a cape around their neck's and risking life and limb to make a point...

Here's my latest poster in the "Freedom Matters" series. The linked URL for this thread opens the LARGE size artwork so you can "copy, paste & print." It's sized for 8.5"x11" paper (you may need to resize it for your printer... the proportion is correct, though).You can print out as many of these as you wish... just no commercial endeavors, please.

American Constitutional Research Service Jan. 3, 2004 In a recent case North Florida Women's Health & Counseling Services, Inc. v. State of Florida[decided July 10th, 2003] Senior Justice Shaw delivering the opinion of the Court which struck down Florida’s “Parental Notice of Abortion Act” stated the following: “In the final analysis, we cannot fault the trial court for faithfully applying the controlling law. The court reasoned simply as follows (1) This Court in T.W. held that the Parental Consent Act imposed a significant restriction on a pregnant minor’s right of privacy. (2) The Court in T.W. further held that, in...

American Constitutional Research Service 12-14-03 JUDICIAL TYRANNY: FROM PARENTAL RIGHTS TO TERRI’S LAW BACKGROUND On Oct. 21, 2003 Florida’s Legislature passed a bill know as “Terri’s Law” authorizing Gov. Jeb Bush to intervene in a case in which a judge, Judge Greer, ordered a feeding tube to be removed from Terri Schiavo who was, and had been, in an incapacitated state for a number of years. The order of the judge to remove Terri’s feeding tube was in consequence to a court action by Terri’s husband who claimed Terri’s wish was to be left to die and sought the Courts...

<p>It's a King Solomon tale with a 21st century twist -- two women battling in court over the same children.</p> <p>Science says both women are the biological mothers of 7-year-old fraternal twins -- one provided the eggs, the other carried the girls to term. And the women raised the twins as a couple until they broke up nearly two years ago.</p>

ORLANDO, Fla. -- In a landmark decision, the Florida Supreme Court has done away with a law requiring doctors to notify the parents of minors having an abortion. But now the law is not consistent for other medical procedures. In the state of Florida, in order to get any sort of surgical procedure, a minor must not only notify their parents, they have to get parental consent. But in the case of an abortion, the Supreme Court ruled a minor's right to privacy outweighs a parent's right to know. It's now more difficult for someone under the age of 18...