Bill Aims to Curb Out-Of-State Abortions

[jasmeel]

NEW YORK - The abortion bill most likely to become federal law this year would affect a relatively small number of pregnant teens, yet its impact on them could be dramatic — sharply reducing the options for girls in many states who dread telling their parents of their plight.

Supporters and opponents each offer vivid worst-case scenarios in debating the bill, which was included this week in the Senate Republicans' priority list. It would outlaw transporting a minor across state lines to obtain an abortion in order to evade parental consent or notification laws in the girl's home state.

The bill's advocates evoke the image of a girl being impregnated by an abusive older man who then drives her to an out-of-state abortion clinic so the girl's parents and the authorities won't find out about a relationship that might have been illegal because of age differences.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=20&u=/ap/20050130/ap_on_re_us/teen_abortions

:nuke:

This further pisses me off because the * administration has failed to adequately educate teens about how to avoid unwanted pregnancies and now wants to decrease their options about what to do about it. :nuke:

[Coastie for Truth]

1. Mildly unconstitutional

[Jackie97]

2. Oh, this is junk.

These people are not interested in protecting children from their rapists. If they were interested, then they would help the pro-child advocates make it easier to help these kids instead of always fighting them.

Furthermore, the law would be against going out of state with a minor at all (even when there is no abortion involved). These people just want to force teens to give birth.

It makes me sick.

[renaissanceguy]

3. See the parallel between this and DOMA?

Soon it will all be about "States Rights," but what the neocons won't tell you is that they won't stop there. They won't tire until every state administers to their dogma.

http://www.cafepress.com/liberalissues.14741193