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Restore Parental Rights With Child Abortion
Notification
On Tuesday, March 27, there was a
House Judiciary Committee meeting that produced these statements from Rep.
Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.): “Some parents are violent. Some parents are
rapists.” In consequence, Nadler believes a new bill that requires
parental notification for minor females who cross state lines to secure an
abortion is “fundamentally flawed,” because it assumes that parents have
their children’s best interests at heart. This is an old argument
routinely used by the state to usurp the parental role, and it has been thoroughly
refuted by The New American’s William F. Jasper in the article
linked to in this sentence. In a testy exchange with Rep. Trent Franks
(R-Ariz.) Rep. Nadler also said “We’re not dealing with human beings at
this point.” Nadler needs to know that there are bypass laws on the books
to protect minors in hard cases involving abuse or neglect.
Also at the committee meeting Rep. Judy
Chu (D-Calif.) tried in vain to create an exemption that would allow
grandparents or older siblings to take minors across state lines for
abortions in lieu of parents, but that failed. In her plea she stated
“Doctors, not congress members, should be the judge when it comes to
deciding the best care for women.” (Yes, she voted for ObamaCare.) She
cited “medical emergencies” in minors as the reason for her concern,
another old refuted argument.
For the first half of the 20th
century, it was well recognized and supported by U.S. court cases that parents have
complete authority -- God-given -- over their children. It wasn’t
until the latter half of that modern century up to the present time that
we have seen representatives in government uninvitedly assuming parental
roles. The strong tone of objections to something as simple as the Child
Interstate Abortion Nullification Act, H.R. 2299, is proof positive that it’s vitally needed
legislation.
House Resolution 2299 would make it illegal to
transport a minor across a State line with the intent that such a minor
obtain an abortion without parental notification. This bill also would
make it illegal, and punishable, to circumvent the over 30 state-level
laws currently in place that require abortion notification for parents of
minors by transporting a minor across a State line. These laws are in
place to protect minor children. Abortion is not a simple ear-piercing,
nor does it have the effect of an aspirin, both actions that need parental
approval in certain situations. Abortion is a potentially dangerous
medical procedure, whether it be a surgical or chemical abortion, with
life-long emotional and psychological consequences.
If a minor was
assaulted, raped, sexually abused, etc., surely our representatives in
Congress would acknowledge that parents have a right to know about such
situations. Without this bill male predators who use secret abortions to
cover up their heinous crimes with minor girls would be protected, as
would the huge profits of blood money that abortion providers continue to
collect for the killing of the unborn.
Some of the bill’s
summarized provisions are:
- Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit transporting a minor
child across a state line to obtain an abortion with the intent to evade
the right of a parent under any law in the minor’s state of residence
that requires parental involvement in the minor’s abortion decision.
Makes an exception for an abortion necessary to save the life of the
minor.
- Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to one year on a physician
who performs or induces an abortion on an out-of-state minor in
violation of the parental notification requirements in this bill.
Requires such physician to give 24-hour actual or constructive notice to
a parent of the minor seeking an abortion, subject to certain
exceptions.
In essence, anyone who objects to this bill supports
the ongoing law-breaking that is carried out by many who intentionally
cross state lines from a parental-notification state to one that is not.
The Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act protects the
fundamental rights of parents. With 161 cosponsors, it has a more than a
fair chance of being passed in the House. The Senate has a companion bill,
S. 1241 with 32 cosponsors. Contact your Representatives and Senators today on
this vital bill that has already been reported out of the
House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland
Security.
Thanks.
Your Friends at The John Birch
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