Bill gives girls options beyond parental notification on abortion (1 Viewer)

[FallingPianos]

Bill gives girls options beyond parental notification on abortion
CARLA K. JOHNSON
Associated Press

CHICAGO - A state lawmaker wants to give pregnant girls in Illinois options other than notifying their parents before having an abortion.

Rep. John Fritchey, D-Chicago, said Tuesday he has bipartisan support for a bill that would repeal and replace a long-ignored parental notification law recently revived by the Illinois Supreme Court.

Advocates of parental notification criticized Fritchey's bill, which would allow girls to avoid telling their parents before an abortion if they get counseling from a clergy member, a medical professional or another adult family member. The bill would require the counseling to include information about prenatal care, carrying a pregnancy to term and adoption.

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The bill would expand the family members a girl could notify to include an aunt, uncle or adult sibling. It would require that a medical professional or clergy member get a signed, dated form from the girl to document the counseling and keep that record on file. The form also would be given to the girl or to the girl's doctor.

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it would be a definate improvement over parental notification laws, but it is still unnessesary where ever informed consent laws for all medical procedures is already in place, which should be everywhere.

 

[faithful_servant]

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it would be a definate improvement over parental notification laws, but it is still unnessesary where ever informed consent laws for all medical procedures is already in place, which should be everywhere.

So do you think that parents should be notified if their duaghter is going to have an abortion? Your post is kind of vague on this, so I'm trying to get some clarity here. What's your stand on measure 43?

 

[FallingPianos]

So do you think that parents should be notified if their duaghter is going to have an abortion? Your post is kind of vague on this, so I'm trying to get some clarity here. What's your stand on measure 43?

I think oregons current laws work very well. minors above 15 can consent to any medical treatment including abortion.