OFFICIALS LEGISLATION INTEREST GROUPS PUBLIC STATEMENTS COMMITTEES VETOES

Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

Date: April 27, 2005
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Abortion


CHILD INTERSTATE ABORTION NOTIFICATION ACT -- (House of Representatives - April 27, 2005)

BREAK IN TRANSCRIPT

Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 748.

This bill is yet another example of government intrusion into the most private of family decisions, and it once again criminalizes the actions of doctors who seek to provide women with confidential reproductive health care services.

Mr. Chairman, in a perfect world every child would be able to turn to their parents for guidance. In a perfect world, every parent would have their child's best interests in mind. In a perfect world, every parent would create a safe and loving home where their teens could talk openly about important decisions.

But, Mr. Chairman, we do not live in a perfect world. And mandatory parental notification and consent laws like the one before us harm exactly those people whom our laws should be looking out for, those who cannot turn to their parents for guidance. These young women who feel they cannot turn to their parents often enlist the help of a grandparent or an aunt or a trusted family friend. H.R. 748 would make it a Federal crime for any of these people to help the young women in need.

I urge my colleagues to vote against this deplorable legislation.

BREAK IN TRANSCRIPT

http://thomas.loc.gov

arrow_upward