New Hampshire Family Values Eroding under the Liberal Governor John Lynch

Editorial from the New Hampshire Union Leader

As a loving and nurturing father of three daughters, all born and raised in New Hampshire, the Legislature’s repeal of the state law requiring parental notification before a minor can get an abortion cannot be considered anything less than a brutal attack on the family values my wife and I and many members of our community and church have instilled in our children.

We did this so that they can grow up and be caring, loving adults one day. Lessons of love and caring for others and of giving back to our communities come from all variations of families that include one or two parent households and so on. However, when trust and communication are absent in any relationship, it breaks down. The repeal of this law fosters the breakdown of both these vital components.

New Hampshire has other laws, rules, regulations and measures that have been agreed to and put in place to protect our children, to keep them from harm, and from hurting themselves because they are not quite ready to make a decision of this magnitude given their lack of experience.

This repeal is counter to most all those protections because it virtually leaves our underage children on their own. We are their teachers as they grow to adulthood so that one day they are prepared to make these difficult decisions. Kids will still make bad choices in spite of this. This is why these laws to aid in their protection are in place.

The argument I’ve heard is that “judges will be able help these kids.” How in the world can a judge learn what he or she would need to know about my family and all concerns that led my daughter before him or her so that this child could abort a fetus in 48 hours?

Now there are certainly cases where the courts are needed because of abuse, rape and other hate-related assaults on children. Thank goodness that these are the minority of cases. The key word here is “minority.” The vast majority can rely on the parent or guardian, thank you very much, without needing the court. That is the political poison here and why I feel my rights as a parent are being obliterated.

My daughter at 17 could not get an X-ray of her upper back from the doctor until the hospital spoke with either my wife or me. True story; I got this call at work. Now at 17 she will be able to go to the same hospital and get an abortion with no call required to anyone who loves or cares for her?

A question for the governor who said he will sign this bill into law. What provision is made for the parent or guardian if this procedure goes terribly wrong, as they do more often than people are told? Let’s say the child dies and a call to tell the parents or guardian is placed? Does the state take the blame since it is allowing the parents to be cut out of the decision-making process?

This law absolutely needs to address this concern and someone needs to be held accountable before it is signed. Politics are being played with our children’s lives to push an agenda, and it is being cleverly masked.

An underage girl’s right to have an abortion should require the knowledge of the act’s entire meaning, both at present and its impact for the rest of her life. Our kids need us involved in that decision. Our kids’ futures and our “family values” are at stake.

John Jones of New Boston works for Hewlitt-Packard and is a Coast Guard reservist

Another case of government coming in and taking control away from the parents. Can you imagine any other invasive procedure that can be done on a minor without the parents knowing? I didn’t think so. This man’s daughter was not allowed to have an x-ray without his permission, but she can have an abortion without his knowledge. Please tell me how this makes any sense. The fact that a parent’s daughter can engage in sometimes dangerous behavior and when she has to pay for her actions her parents don’t have a right to know is beyond belief.

The real story with parental notification is that the pro-choice crowd is scared to death of any restrictions on abortions. They feel it will be the beginning of the end of abortion. The figure once one restriction is implemented it will lead to another restriction and another restriction. Why else would they be in favor of partially birthing a baby and then either sucking it’s brains out or crushing it’s skull?