NH abortion law's backers defeated in key House vote

[babylonsister]

http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=NH+abortion+law%27s+backers+defeated+in+key+House+vote&articleId=73d6f716-bac1-4e38-8333-8a920857c6f7

NH abortion law's backers defeated in key House vote

By TOM FAHEY
State House Bureau Chief
2 hours, 37 minutes ago

Concord – The New Hampshire House today voted to repeal the state’s law requiring that a parent be notified before a minor daughter can have an abortion.

The House voted 226-130 to repeal the 2003 law, which has been appealed as far as the U.S. Supreme Court. The courts ruled the law is flawed because it was unclear how the Legislature intended to protect the health of a girl in an emergency.

The bill, HB 184, moves to over the state Senate next, where it is expected to pass. Gov. John Lynch has said he favors the repeal.

After the vote was announced, a long line of Republicans who fought the repeal lined up to voice formal protests of the action.

The House beat back two attempts to amend the law that notification supporters brought to address concerns the Supreme Court expressed. It voted 213-135 to kill an attempt by Rep. Fran Wendelboe, R-New Hampton, to add court-tested language on health exceptions, and 222-129 on a similar proposal by Rep. Neal Kurk, R-Weare, that had been through a public hearing.

The law -- which has never gone into effect -- requires health care clinics or doctors to notify at least one parent 48 hours before providing a minor girl with an abortion. The law allows girls to go to court if they don’t want to confront their parents.

Those who favored the repeal said the state could not amend its way out of the problem that three federal courts have found. They said a fresh start with a new bill is the only way to find a way to protect parental rights and the health of pregnant girls.

[endarkenment]

1. yeah! our clean sweep in NH is starting to undo the damage. nt.

[dkofos]

6. Let's hope the rest of the country is watching.

Cleaning out the vermin is good for the majority

[AlCzervik]

7. we had a parental notification prop on our ballot and it went down in flames

i was shocked because all the polling showed it had support, i'm so glad it failed and it just goes to show ya, the only poll that counts is the one on election day.

[JetCityLiberal]

2. New Hampshire comes back into the real world

got to get the other 49 there....

[Old and In the Way]

3. Excellent....another vote for sanity in our laws.

Sadly, there are some parents who need to learn to communicate with their daughters without the club of a court order. If a child will be beaten or ostracized by their parents by forcing this communication, I think it does more harm than good.

[rocktivity]

4. CUE THE VONAGE THEME!

This law effectively gives the parent the power to make the reproducive decision for the child--and no one should have that right over anyone.

:woohoo:
rocknation

[waiting for hope]

5. What is the sound of a

Neo-Con's head exploding? And if no one is around, can you hear it?