House Passes Bill On Parental Consent for Abortions
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › April 28, 2005
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WASHINGTON -- Congressional social conservatives on Wednesday advanced their strategy of trying to restrict abortions on a piecemeal basis by approving legislation that would make it a crime to help a pregnant minor circumvent state laws that require parents be notified of their daughters' abortions.
Their bill, which passed the House 270-157, now heads to the Senate, which could clear the measure by the end of the summer and send it to President Bush, who is expected to sign it into law. In a statement Wednesday, the Bush administration said it "strongly supports" the measure.See the full content of this document
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House Passes Bill On Parental Consent for Abortions
Utah's three representatives -- Republicans Rob Bishop and Chris Cannon and Democrat Jim Matheson -- voted for the measure.
At issue is how to keep people from evading laws on the books in 33 states that requir...See the full content of this document
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