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LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Friday vetoed a bill that would have tightened a law requiring girls to receive a judicial waiver for an abortion if they do not have parental approval. The legislation would have let judges grant a waiver only if a girl under 17 shows a level of maturity based on factors including her ability to comprehend information, dependence on her parents, sexual history, school attendance and academic performance. Judges currently can grant a parental consent waiver if they determine an abortion is in a girl's best interest or that she is mature enough...

<p>A controversial decision by Roseville school trustees to defy their lawyers and forbid students from leaving campus for medical appointments without their parents' knowledge is reverberating throughout the region. One district in Fairfield has followed Roseville's lead -- voting 6-1 Thursday to ban confidential medical appointments for students -- while officials in the Vacaville and Travis school districts are weighing the issue. Vacaville trustees are expected to vote in the coming weeks.</p>

Anchorage, AK (LifeNews.com) -- An Alaska judge on Monday declared a law unconstitutional that requires abortion facilities to obtain the consent of a teen's parents before performing an abortion on her. Similar pro-life laws have reduced the number of teen abortions in other states. Superior Court Judge Sen Tan admitted the state had several reasons why it considered the law necessary, though he felt the law did not go far enough in protecting teens who are victims of child abuse. However, the law is patterned after U.S. Supreme Court requirements that include a judicial bypass for teens who are victims...

“The “Leave it to Beaver’s” out there believe that strong parenting alone will keep teens from getting pregnant, but this is not always the case these days. Let’s face it, June has gone to work, she doesn’t wear aprons anymore and Ward does not come home at 4:30 p.m. everyday,” said Representative Sue Jeskewitz (R-Menomonee Falls) today. “I am not advocating that teens have sex, but let’s face it, many of them are. This waiver is about reducing teen pregnancies and abortions.” Jeskewitz is referring to two bills on the fast-track in Madison, AB-383 and SB-186, which seek to increase...

MADISON, Wis. -- A bill introduced in the state Assembly would make it illegal for businesses to pierce a minor's ears without parental consent. State health codes prohibit stores from piercing other body parts of minors, but there is no control over ear piercing, said state Rep. Bonnie Ladwig, R-Racine, who introduced the bill. The codes are enforced by health officials. Ladwig pierced her children's ears when they were young, but said times have changed.

Changes would make it harder for teens to obtain abortion without parental consentSunday, July 20, 2003By Judy PutnamLansing Bureau LANSING -- Controversial legislation would make it harder for teens to terminate pregnancies without their parents' consent, both sides of the issue agree. But they bitterly disagree over whether that is desirable. About 600 times a year, a pregnant teen asks a Michigan judge to allow an abortion without permission from her parents. A 1990 law otherwise requires parental consent for those under age 18. Most times -- in 79 percent of the 628 cases last year -- the judge agrees,...

Life on the Ballot, a consortium of California volunteer groups, will be collecting signatures for an abortion parental-notification bill for the November, 2004 election. If they get enough signatures, it may be because the rules of the game have changed: This time, there is solid agreement that the law allows signature-gathering on church property. Three major legal advocacy organizations -- the Becket Fund, the Thomas More Law Center, and the Life Legal Defense Foundation -- buttress this argument. Katie Short, legal director of the Life Legal Defense Foundation, says that her group and others hope to allay fears that churches...

CONCORD — Gov. Craig Benson yesterday signed legislation requiring teenagers to notify their parents if they want to have an abortion. When HB 763 becomes law Dec. 31, it will mark the first time since Roe v. Wade that New Hampshire has placed restrictions on abortions. Before signing the bill in Executive Council Chambers in front of about 40 supporters, lawmakers and anti-abortion rights activists, Benson said, “We are giving parents their rights back. I can’t think of a better gift that we can give to the parents in the state of New Hampshire than allowing them to participate in...

CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire's Senate narrowly passed a bill Thursday that would require parental notification before girls under 18 can get abortions, moving a step closer to giving the state its only law regulating abortion. The bill, which passed 12-11, was similar to one that cleared the House in March by six votes. Senate President Tom Eaton, a Republican, declined to vote on the measure. The Senate's amended version now heads back to the House. The Legislature has regularly defeated parental notice or parental consent bills for about 20 years. Republican Gov. Craig Benson's opposition to abortion encouraged supporters...

CONCORD, N.H. - Most New Hampshire residents think minors should be required to get permission before having an abortion, a new poll found. However, residents also think abortion should remain legal, according the poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center. The New Hampshire House has passed a bill requiring minors to tell a parent or a judge about a planned abortion. A state Senate committee will hold a public hearing on the bill May 13. The telephone poll conducted in mid-April found 61 percent of respondents favor passage of a law requiring a minor to get parental...

Child Sex Abuse Cover Up at Planned Parenthood and National Abortion Federation A LADY'S CHOICE- WOMEN'S MEDICAL CENTER MORENO VALLEY, CA 92553 909-247-0119 TAPE - 847 listen to call from 14 year old girl (Dialing, phone ringing 2x)CLINIC: Hello. May I help you? CALLER: Hi. Yeah. Do you guys do abortions there?CLINIC: Yes, we do.CALLER: Oh, okay. That's what I was calling about. Do you know how much it cost for that?CLINIC: Yeah. If you're between 12 weeks and under, it's $320 cash.CALLER: Well, how do you know how far along you are?CLINIC: You have to do a ?? what...

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WASHINGTON -- House Republicans want to make it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines for an abortion to circumvent parental consent laws. Opponents say such a law would only hurt vulnerable teen-agers. The bill was expected to pass the House on Wednesday, but its status in the Democratic-controlled Senate is doubtful. Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., called the bill "blatantly unconstitutional, and it will not see the light of day because the Senate will not touch it." The measure is designed to "safeguard minor girls' physical and emotional health," Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., chairman of the House...

VISIT TO AN AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOL FROM HELL-OBERVATIONS OF A MAD DAD! My teenager & I recently made a visit to a local public high school, McCann Technical School, North Adams, MAss., (413)-664-9424, www.mccanntech.org. This is what we found, and why my child will not be sent to a public school in America today up in old New England. A poster I noted in the guidance dep't, "Evolution may take millions of years, but..." The theory of evoution is scientifically impossible. The very increadible order of every part of the physical world testifies to the clear presence of intelligent design....

From: The Pro-Life Infonet Reply-To: Steven Ertelt Subject: Planned Parenthood Admits "Judge Shopping" for Teen Abortions in Texas Source: Houston Chronicle; March 24, 2002 Planned Parenthood Admits "Judge Shopping" for Teen Abortions in Texas Houston, TX -- Abortion facilities seeking to perform abortions on teenage girls in Texas are abusing the judicial bypass of the state's recently-passed parental notifcation law by taking their cases before sympathetic judges in counties outside the home jurisdiction of the abortion facility and the teen. Abortion facilities are avoiding courts in Harris and Dallas counties and turning to judges in neighboring Bexar and Travis counties....