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Arizona Senate Rejects House-Passed Bill on Abortion Consent

The Associated Press
The state Senate has rejected a House-passed bill in which abortion opponents tried again to spell out processes for judges to consider when girls request permission to skip getting parental consent. The vote was 13-to-6, short of the 16 votes needed for passage by the 30-member Senate. The House approved the bill March ninth. Like a version vetoed in 2006 by Governor Napolitano, the bill would have required that a girl requesting a parental-consent exception to clearly prove to the judge that she was sufficiently mature and capable of giving informed consent. Full story...

Baby Picture After Parental Consent


Posted by Editor at June 21, 2007 12:58 AM