Palin says abortion-consent bill would protect kid

[Nonno]

Palin says abortion-consent bill would protect children: Politics | adn.com

"Gov. Sarah Palin on Thursday threw her support behind a controversial bill that would generally require parental consent before girls under age 17 could get an abortion.

She called a press conference Thursday and surrounded by a dozen lawmakers including state Rep. John Coghill, R-North Pole, and Sen. Donny Olson, D-Nome, said:

"Wherever you fall on the abortion issue, right or left, this legislation is about family, and it's about parents' rights and protecting our children, and it's supported by legislators on both sides of the aisle."

She said she's throwing her support behind Coghill's House Bill 35, which backers are calling "parents' rights" legislation.

The measure may have trouble in the state Senate, where Senate President Gary Stevens said months ago that "far left and far right issues" would be off the table for his coalition of Democrats and Republicans.

Sen. Hollis French, D-Anchorage and chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said he would give the bill a hearing. He hasn't yet analyzed it. Last year a similar bill died in his committee."

[This_person]

Originally Posted by Nonno

Palin says abortion-consent bill would protect children: Politics | adn.com

"Gov. Sarah Palin on Thursday threw her support behind a controversial bill that would generally require parental consent before girls under age 17 could get an abortion.

She called a press conference Thursday and surrounded by a dozen lawmakers including state Rep. John Coghill, R-North Pole, and Sen. Donny Olson, D-Nome, said:

"Wherever you fall on the abortion issue, right or left, this legislation is about family, and it's about parents' rights and protecting our children, and it's supported by legislators on both sides of the aisle."

She said she's throwing her support behind Coghill's House Bill 35, which backers are calling "parents' rights" legislation.

The measure may have trouble in the state Senate, where Senate President Gary Stevens said months ago that "far left and far right issues" would be off the table for his coalition of Democrats and Republicans.

Sen. Hollis French, D-Anchorage and chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said he would give the bill a hearing. He hasn't yet analyzed it. Last year a similar bill died in his committee."

From the tiny bit you've posted here, this makes a lot of sense. I'm not sure how it's "far left and far right issues" to be considered - it doesn't ban killing babies. It only says that this medical procedure is like all others, and requires parental consent.

Go Sarah!!

[pcjohnnyb]

Originally Posted by This_person

From the tiny bit you've posted here, this makes a lot of sense. I'm not sure how it's "far left and far right issues" to be considered - it doesn't ban killing babies. It only says that this medical procedure is like all others, and requires parental consent.

Go Sarah!!

I, for one, don't want young girls getting an abortion w/o parental consent

[Dedee]

You can't let someone who is under 18 go to the dentist w/o a parent. Why in the world would anyone in there right mind let a child get there insides sucked out w/o their parent's permisson??

[vraiblonde]

It's amazing how anyone who is in favor of parental consent before their child undergoes a major medical procedure is painted as "far right". It just goes to show how wacked out the Left in this country is. You have to wonder what the hell they're thinking.

[Toxick]

You guys are missing the point...


Girls often get abortions so they can specifically avoid telling their parents that they got knocked up.

This law completely undermines their ability to do so, and inhibits a major motivational factor for having abortions in the first place. WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU PEOPLE?!?





But God help anyone who gives a minor an aspirin without parental consent.

[This_person]

Originally Posted by pcjohnnyb

I, for one, don't want young girls getting an abortion w/o parental consent

It appears Nonno agrees, since she can't be bothered for comment.

Way to grow, Nonno!!

[Bann (Premo)]

You can't have a Midol in school without a note from your parent and a doctor. You need consent for a tatoo, for ear and whatever piercings.

But somehow it's ok to let a girl have an abortion without consent.

[ImnoMensa]

Cant have a beer or a sip of wine until they are 21, but its ok for a 13 year old to kill her child.

[Christy]

This is a bit But when I was at the drugstore the other day picking up a prescription, there was a lady there requesting print outs of all of her families prescriptions for the year and I heard them tell her that if her children were 14 years or older, they were required to be there and give consent. Crazy world we live in.