How many people think that a young woman’s reproductive rights should be ruled by the government…or even by her parents? Would YOU want someone telling you that you had to have a child, because you didn’t know about birth control, or couldn’t have an abortion, even if you were as young as 10?
Recently, the Senate, led by a few dedicated pro-choice advocates and NARAL-Prochoiceamerica, overturned Sen. Bill Frist’s attempt to deny young people access to birth control by passing the “Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act”, which NARAL termed “Cruel, Hopelessly Complex, and Unconstitutional”
According to NARAL: “The "Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act" would impose an impossibly complex patchwork of parental-involvement laws on women and doctors across the country with the goal to curb young women’s access to private, confidential health services.
The bill proposes a variety of new mandates on women, families, and doctors. Among other things:
(The bill forces doctors tto learn and enforce 49 other states’ laws, under the threat of fines and prison sentences.
(2) In many cases, CIANA forces young women to comply with two states’ parental-involvement mandates.
To learn more about this law and other legislation regarding reproductive rights, visit:
http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/issues/
2006-09-30
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Gwynneth Of Olwen
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