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with Prop 73, the VOTERS of California (adults aged 18 and up) were asked whether or not they as parents should be able to hang on to the right to be informed at a minimum of 48 hours before their minor child is allowed to have an abortion administered to them. By voting in favor of the Prop 73, the parents of California would have been saying to themselves, "yes as parents we will retain the rights we should never lose to be proper parents." By voting in favor of Prop 73 no legal adult would've been banned from getting an abortion - as it only dealt with the children of the society. And it is worth noting that if that same child were to desire an asprin from the school nurse's office, parental PERMISSION would be required - not mere notification. In Prop 73 - notification was the wording used.
Isn't it amazing that a majority of adults in California think something as major as an abortion is something a parent doesn't need to know about? Forget the morality of abortion for a minute, shouldn't a parent have a say if someone will be doing something physically to their daughter's reproductive organs? It's just flippin' amazing how out of touch so many Californians are.
I wonder how many in the church stayed home for this election. That is the main reason I can think of as why prop. 73 did not pass. Shame on us.
Posted by Tim at November 10, 2005 06:40 AM** It's just flippin' amazing how out of touch so many Californians are **
"Out of touch" -- what a nice way to say "mind-numbingly, brain-itchingly, ankle-bitingly, foam-fleckedly, white-eyedly, glass-chewingly STUPID."
Dan
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I think it is obvious who is actually out of touch here. Making a law requiring minor's parents to be informed would no more prevent abortions than it would prevent the pregnancy. By rejecting this law Californians have clearly identified the parents' responsibility to be informed of the children's lives, simulataneously preventing an influx of dirty abortions. Anyone who has seriously researched this issue will agree that minors who would not inform their parent, under this law, would decide to seek out a dirty abortion rather than be forced to inform their parents. Rejecting this law protects our children, and encourages parents to actively participate in the children's lives, not stand back and hope the government will do it for them.
Posted by: at November 12, 2005 09:59 AM
