North Carolina Lawmaker Slams STD Testing Bill

[octoberlib]

A North Carolina state House committee quickly backtracked on its approval of a bill that would require teenagers to get notarized parental consent to access sexually transmitted disease testing and treatment, mental health counseling, pregnancy care or substance abuse treatment.

The bill, sponsored by State Rep. Chris Whitmire (R), was approved by the Health and Human Services Committee on Tuesday. But today, the Republican-controlled committee decided to pull it for now.

State Rep. Susi Hamilton (D), joined HuffPost Live Wednesday to express her opposition to the bill. Hamilton said many in the North Carolina General Assembly believe the bill won't resurface in this legislative session, and that it may never be heard at all. Hamilton call the proposal "regressive" and said it had parents, students and teachers in her district fearful that teenagers would be robbed of the opportunity to receive professional help in a safe and nonjudgmental environment.

North Carolina already requires parental consent for teenagers seeking abortions. House Bill 693 would be the first law in the U.S. to amend that parental consent law to include STD testing and treatment, mental health counseling and other health services.A North Carolina state House committee quickly backtracked on its approval of a bill that would require teenagers to get notarized parental consent to access sexually transmitted disease testing and treatment, mental health counseling, pregnancy care or substance abuse treatment..

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/08/north-carolina-teen-std-testing_n_3241157.html


For Huffpost Live Skype interview with Susi Hamilton click the link.

[Newest Reality]

1. Have compassion for those

Repubicans. They are in a situation where they get to act serious and govern while simultaneously suffering from servre forms of mental illness and personal issues. That's not easy and keeping up the facade has got to take a lot of energy and tipsy-toeing around.

When your sole concern centers around controlling other people's reproductive organs, it takes some creativity and real word magic to make that seem credible and to be able to infect others who are prone to that debilitating disease.

Also, you have to keep in mind that they tend to project their own issues, so we can assume that the entire House committee has contracted craps and the clap from their visits to unmentionable third parties, (independent contractors, ahem) and they are attempting to solve this problem vicariously.