Reply #9: Notification and consent acts are two different animals [View All]

A bill requiring parental consent means the parent has the right to decide for the minor the outcome of her pregnancy. A bill requiring notification means (in theory) that the parent must be notified that a minor is choosing an abortion.

The reality is that parents can then enforce their will on their daughters through physical means, intimidation or coercion once they are notified.

To take the argument of the proponents of the bill in question one step further... they would like to see her forced to carry to term the child of an older abusive male who with whom she has carried on an illegal relationship? Bullcrap. They would like to see her carry to term any baby. And then magically have the means to raise it since it's not their problem anymore, and she damn well better not be using welfare, either.