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California judge OKs underage abortion horror stories for voter information pamphlet
CNA ^ | August 12, 2008

Posted on 08/12/2008 1:24:56 PM PDT by NYer

Sacramento, Aug 11, 2008 / 11:04 pm (CNA).- A California judge has ruled against Planned Parenthood and its allies who challenged the content of a voter information pamphlet’s arguments in support of Proposition 4, a ballot measure requiring abortionists to notify at least one adult relative before performing an abortion on a minor.

The arguments reference the story of “Sarah,” a 15-year-old who died in 1994 after suffering complications from a secretly obtained legal abortion, in addition to stories of other underage girls who obtained abortions without their parents’ knowledge.

Opponents of the pamphlet’s content argued that Sarah’s story should be removed from the pamphlets. They specifically object to the sentence “Had someone in her family known about the abortion, Sarah's life could have been saved.” While a Planned Parenthood lawyer called the claim “absolutely false,” Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael P. Kenny disagreed, the California Catholic Daily reports.

The judge also ruled that the label “Sarah’s Law,” the proponents’ name for Proposition 4, could also be used in the pamphlet.

Challengers objected to other stories included in the pro-Proposition 4 arguments. In one case cited in the pamphlet, a 14-year-old girl on whom a Planned Parenthood clinic had performed a secret abortion was then provided a contraceptive injection at the request of the adult male who brought her in. In another case, a 14-year-old girl was lured from home by a 41-year-old man who made the girl his sex slave and arranged for her secret abortion with a Planned Parenthood affiliate, whose clinic did not report the girl’s victimization.

Judge Kenny refused to remove or to change the stories.

“We made some very, very bold statements – for example that no girl had ever been harmed by a parental notification law -- and Planned Parenthood was simply unable to come up with any evidence that that had ever happened,” said attorney Katie Short, who argued on behalf of Proposition 4 proponents.

Albin Rhomberg, a principal advisor to the Proposition 4 campaign, told CNA on Monday that he was “almost absolutely certain” that a further appeal of Judge Kenny’s decision had not been filed by Planned Parenthood or its allies as of Monday morning.

He told CNA that the deadline for filing voter materials is for the state of California was 5:00 pm on Monday. Rhomberg believed that judges would not allow further legal action concerning the voter pamphlet to delay or impede the election.

If no appeal is successfully lodged, over 13 million pamphlets containing the ballot arguments will be sent out to California voters.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: abortion; abortionkills; botchedabortions; childabuse; coverup; informedconsent; parentalnotification; parentalrights; plannedparenthood; proposition4; sarahslaw; statutoryrape; teenpregnancy; teensex

1 posted on 08/12/2008 1:24:56 PM PDT by NYer
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2 posted on 08/12/2008 1:25:43 PM PDT by NYer ("Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ." - St. Jerome)
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To: NYer

This is good. People should be informed about what abortion really is.


3 posted on 08/12/2008 1:27:14 PM PDT by Maelstorm (John McCain is ready to be commander in chief)
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Hey Nyer when I got my ear pierce when I was 13 year old I need my mom permission she said it was cool

How come in State of Cali girl under age of 18 could get abortion that oxymoron if I ever seen one


4 posted on 08/12/2008 1:31:57 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: NYer

I was unable to find a bio for this judge, but I did find an article stating that he was appointed by Gov. Gray Davis.

My guess is that he was a liberal who has been mugged by reality and thereby was converted.

The story I googled is in the Gay Lesbian Times. WARNING: THIS STORY IS SICK AND SHOULD BE VIEWED AT YOUR OWN RISK. But it might explain why the judge went against all the rules of California political correctness and actually made a decent decision.

CLICK AT YOUR OWN RISK ON THIS DISGUSTING BUT POSSIBLY EXPLANATORY STORY of why a California judge might actually do the right thing:

http://www.gaylesbiantimes.com/?id=3343&issue=871


5 posted on 08/12/2008 1:35:23 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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So Planned Parenthood and other aboriton advocates have made abotion legal. When will they work on making it “safe” and “rare” as they promised?


6 posted on 08/12/2008 1:45:18 PM PDT by weegee (Hi there.)
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I bet the pro-abort politicians and their followers (Dems and Repugnantcans alike) are having hissy fits about this.


7 posted on 08/12/2008 2:00:38 PM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall cause you to vote against the Democrats.)
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To: NYer

Wow!


8 posted on 08/12/2008 9:55:08 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: weegee

Abortion is never safe for the baby!


9 posted on 08/12/2008 9:56:36 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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