Parental Notification in New Hampshire Suffers Another Defeat

 Cross posted on Grizzly Groundswell

 Well, not exactly parental notification, this was a compromise bill that went down in defeat last week. Here is little history on this issue for those of you reading about this for the first time. New Hampshire had a parental notification law on the books that was headed to the supreme court for a landmark decision on abortion. However once the liberals took over every branch of state government the law was repealed. The parental notification law would have required a MINOR to notify her parents before she received an abortion.

 The bill came back up for a vote again this year, with a clause in it to protect the life of the mother, again it was shot down. Then, just last week a compromise bill, the “adult” notification law I guess you could call it, was voted down in the state senate. This bill would have required a MINOR child to seek counseling of ANY adult before an abortion. While this bill still thwarted the rights of the parents to be involved in their MINOR child’s decision making, it was at least a step in the right direction.

The bill would have required a counselor or abortion provider to provide advice to the minor seeking the abortion before the abortion could be performed. The counselor could come from a wide range of professions, including psychiatry, nursing and school guidance counseling.

 I can’t for the life of me figure out what is so wrong with a child getting counseling before an abortion. Is the pro-death crowd so afraid of this that they feel it could lead to further restrictions? This isn’t even restricting abortions in any way. Is the pro-death crowd afraid that some of these girls will decide not to have an abortion? How twisted would that logic be?

 The defeat of the bill leaves the state in a situation where a minor girl can have an abortion with neither of her parents being notified and with no requirement that she get professional advice and referrals first.

“This is not about limiting choice, it’s not about placing obstacles in the path of young women. It is about making sure that a trained, responsible adult is involved in protecting their safety and guiding their decision,” she said.

  I haven’t even mentioned the fact that if a fifteen year old girl is pregnant than technically she was raped in the first place. So, on top of the fact that a child can receive an abortion and nobody has to know, a criminal act also goes unpunished. This is just the state of affairs in a world where every one is a victim and nobody is ever to blame or suffer consequences for their actions. It is always someone else’s fault.

 Think about this for a minute, my 16 year old son can’t go on a field trip without me being notified and giving him permission. Yet if I had a 15 year old daughter she could have an invasive medical procedure to kill her baby, and I would not have the right to know. I would not find out unless there was a complication and something happened to her. By then it may be too late.

 Read the New Hampshire Union Leader article here.