NEW LAW MEANS WELL BUT HURTS YOUNG WOMEN

Started by woof, Jul 31, 2006, 07:28 PM

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woof

This crap really gets my goat.............at least it passed.
But who are these people to say we aren't worthy advisors to our own children!
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The bill's blanket requirement of parental consent wrongly assumes that all parents are worthy advisors. They are not.
:shock: .......really.....who ya going to call? ......NOW? ...... Planned Parenting?......another case of the extreme minority wanting the laws to revolve around them to better suit their agenda.


http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/15160986.htm
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Child Custody Act doesn't protect
OUR OPINION: NEW LAW MEANS WELL BUT HURTS YOUNG WOMEN

In passing the Child Custody Protection Act, the Senate meant to do good, but does harm instead. It compromised not only personal choice, but also personal safety. The bill makes it a federal crime to help an under-age girl cross state lines to avoid parental notification laws for an abortion. The bill's blanket requirement of parental consent wrongly assumes that all parents are worthy advisors. They are not. When the House and Senate negotiate a final version of the bill, they should rethink this approach to helping conflicted young women.

Parental counsel

The decision to get an abortion is stressful and traumatic, particularly for a minor. The intent of the bill, to encourage parental counsel when teens face an unintended pregnancy, is good policy and good common sense. Most minors, thankfully, already turn to their parents for assistance when faced with such a life-changing decision.

But this bill fails to recognize that, sadly, some parents are not always a positive presence in a minor's life. It attacks those who don't have parental counsel as an option. Nearly one-third of the young women who do not involve their parents in the decision to get an abortion would face serious consequences if they did, such as violence or being forced to leave home, according to the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association. The bill ultimately could disproportionately affect these alienated girls who already do not have counselors from which to choose. Oftentimes, they are the victims of incest or abuse.

A more helpful, thoughtful approach would encourage some form of adult advice prior to an abortion, regardless of the relationship of the adult to the young girl.

In the best circumstances, someone should always help young girls weigh their options, regardless of their relationship. But this bill does not allow for this and, in fact, penalizes extended family or friends who try to assist in situations where parents have failed.

Provide counseling

Congress should focus on preventing or helping teens through their pregnancies -- not punishing them. Instead of continuing to split hairs over the issues of personal liberty and privacy surrounding abortion, Congress should consider funding a national family-planning program or strengthening social-welfare networks. Other options would be to improve school counseling systems and provide scientifically correct and current information in sexual-education programs.

Whatever the plan, we hope that it helps all under-age girls understand the obstacles they face, instead of creating more hurdles for them.

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Even a whole village can't replace dad, children need both parents.

Sir Farts-A-Lot

I think everyone is entitled to an abortion if they feel they're unprepared, because you are ruining your life, your child's, your mate's, your parent's, etc...
quote="CaptDMO"]As history has shown us, power is NEVER bestowed, it's taken and defended. "Empowerment" is merely a bone, thrown to appease the rabble. [/quote]

woof

Quote from: "Sir Farts-A-Lot"
I think everyone is entitled to an abortion if they feel they're unprepared, because you are ruining your life, your child's, your mate's, your parent's, etc...

My ex ruined my sons, and my life. According to this line of thinking I should be "entitled" to kill her to end our suffering.
Even a whole village can't replace dad, children need both parents.

CaptDMO

Quote from: "Sir Farts-A-Lot"
I think everyone is entitled to an abortion if they feel they're unprepared, because you are ruining your life, your child's, your mate's, your parent's, etc...

Whew, thank goodness this law doesn't ban abortion in any way.
But DAMN if one doesn't have to fess up to their plight to their guardians
until they reach the age of majority.

Damn. another potential source of free stem cells-INFRINGED!
Damn, another venue of responsability dodging-INFRINGED!
Qamn, another chance to indoctorinate anxioty torn suceptable young
girls in trouble away from their family-INFRINGED! and criminalized to boot.


If those young girls would just pay more attention to tax funded GLBT(and their allies) handouts in K-12 none of this would be an issue!

Sir Farts-A-Lot

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Quote from: "Sir Farts-A-Lot"
I think everyone is entitled to an abortion if they feel they're unprepared, because you are ruining your life, your child's, your mate's, your parent's, etc...

My ex ruined my sons, and my life. According to this line of thinking I should be "entitled" to kill her to end our suffering.
Yeah, but technically, she's alive. Fetus's haven't experienced lifes awesomeness, so therefore probably don't mind. Just my guess, anyway.
quote="CaptDMO"]As history has shown us, power is NEVER bestowed, it's taken and defended. "Empowerment" is merely a bone, thrown to appease the rabble. [/quote]

shard43

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Yeah, but technically, she's alive. Fetus's haven't experienced lifes awesomeness, so therefore probably don't mind. Just my guess, anyway.

In an amniotic sac, no one can hear you scream.

And to think I'm for abortion. But not when it can be used against me.

"Of course honey I'll get an abortion if a mistake happens"

"Well you know I really don't think you have any right to tell me what I should do with my body."

"I hereby award your ex-girlfriend the sum of one thousand and two hundred dollars a month for child support. You may pay at the clerk's desk or send a check."

Somebody else

Aren't parents legally responsible for their children until the children reach age 18?

If so, then don't they have the right to know what's going on with those children?
ust because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they AREN'T out to get you.

aknapp1112

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Aren't parents legally responsible for their children until the children reach age 18?

If so, then don't they have the right to know what's going on with those children?


You would think huh? But isnt the "theory" behind the no parental notification was to protect all the daughters that were being raped by the male relatives and the father would make her carry it to term?

By the way, anyone know what the number of cases in what i described is? you would think that to use that as a case to take away parental rights in a situation like this, they would have to use some sort of real study right?

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Malakas

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I think everyone is entitled to an abortion if they feel they're unprepared
Does that include men who are unprepared for eighteen years of child support?
Or should they bear all the responsibility because they 'got her pregnant'?

Abortion is a mere convenience for people who cannot or will not accept responsibility. Little wonder that feminists espouse the right to abort. Play but don't pay. If the worst comes to the worst, make sure a man pays.
How sick.
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Malakas

Double post. Internet Gremlins abound. Watch the skies!
'm an asylum seeker. Don't send me back.

Stallywood

Its about time, I would cap someone if they took my daughter to get an abortion without telling me.
Stally
Gentleman is a man who consciously serves women. I prefer the golden rule.

Behind every great man, is a
parasite.

Women who say men won't commit, usually aren't worth committing to.

Sir Farts-A-Lot

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Abortion is a mere convenience for people who cannot or will not accept responsibility. Little wonder that feminists espouse the right to abort. Play but don't pay. If the worst comes to the worst, make sure a man pays.
Yeah, but after they ducked out, and they refused responsibility, they'll have learnt a valuable lesson.

Besides, how is birth control any different? Is it because it's in a slightly larger form?
quote="CaptDMO"]As history has shown us, power is NEVER bestowed, it's taken and defended. "Empowerment" is merely a bone, thrown to appease the rabble. [/quote]

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