US Supreme Court & Abortion ~ Voting 11/30

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Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of a New Hampshire law requiring doctors to notify a parent before performing an abortion on a minor. The New Hampshire law, unlike most state abortion laws, does not permit an exception in medical emergencies. A federal appeals court previously ruled that the law was invalid based on a 1992 Supreme Court decision that said states may not impose any “undue burden” on the right to abortion. It is the first abortion case to reach the high court in five years and represents what could be the new frontier in the abortion war. The case could also have a bearing on the federal law against late term abortions, which was also struck down by a federal appeals court because it lacked an exception for medical emergencies. Legal affairs correspondent Tim O’Brien examines the legal and ethical questions raised by this case.

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Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of a New Hampshire law requiring doctors to notify a parent before performing an abortion on a minor. The New Hampshire law, unlike most state abortion laws, does not permit an exception in medical emergencies. A federal appeals court previously ruled that the law was invalid based on a 1992 Supreme Court decision that said states may not impose any “undue burden” on the right to abortion. It is the first abortion case to reach the high court in five years and represents what could be the new frontier in the abortion war. The case could also have a bearing on the federal law against late term abortions, which was also struck down by a federal appeals court because it lacked an exception for medical emergencies. Legal affairs correspondent Tim O’Brien examines the legal and ethical questions raised by this case.
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Thanks for this story. This is the usual rationalization of the PP crowd. But, in fact, how many of these cases are actually the result of rape and incest, and how many more are not. This is the “It Takes a Village” mentality that presumes that the states knows better than the parents how things should be. In school clinics, we can’t give a child an aspirin without parents permissions, how in goodness can they justify this action?

This reminds me of the time one of my kids cut class for several days and when I found out about it, I presented myself to the teacher who told me he didn’t think I would be interested!!! My response–“how dare you assume I did not care.”

I don’t care what kind of parents a child has, or the circumstances, surely an aunt, uncle, grandparent, sister, brother could be called in to consult before something like this is done.