“The Grandmother Incarceration Act”
“The Grandmother Incarceration Act”
President Bush, “who comments on only a small fraction of bills that pass either chamber [of Congress],” took the rare step of endorsing the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act and urging the Senate to take up the bill. The legislation would make it a “federal crime — complete with possible fines and jail sentences — for doctors or other adults to help patients under 18 evade parental-notification requirements by crossing state lines for an abortion.” The right’s reflexive reaction to anyone in opposition of this bill is to echo the same words that they used to champion the bill: it is a “recognition of parental authority.” But courtesy of the ACLU, here are just a few of the very justified concerns about the legislation:
No Exceptions: The bill “does not contain any exception whatsoever for when an abortion is necessary to protect a young woman’s health. It thus bars a teen from obtaining a medically necessary abortion unless she is able to comply with the bill’s tangled requirements.” [For understandable reasons, the Supreme Court established a precedent that "any parental restriction on abortion must contain an exception to protect the health of a minor." Again, this bill contains no such exception.]
No Exceptions, Part Two: The bill would make it a federal crime for any person other than a parent to “help a teen cross certain state lines for an abortion.” There is no exception for other family members — aunts and uncles, siblings, or grandparents — social workers, nor clergy members.
The Fake Exception: The bill provides “no safety net for the most vulnerable teens.” Its so-called exception for “teen victims of certain forms of abuse only applies if the young woman ‘declares in a signed written statement that she is the victim of abuse,’” even though many abuse victims are too ashamed or scared to do such a thing. Even then, the “bill requires the doctor to notify the authorities of the abuse before the abortion is performed,” which still leaves the teen in the bind of her parents discovering the abortion.
“Recognition of parental authority”…unless they’re wrong: “The bill requires a 24-hour waiting period and written notification, with no medical emergency exception, even if a parent accompanies his or her daughter to an out-of-state abortion provider and consents to the abortion services.”
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You have failed to cover the most disturbing aspect of this bill’s passage– the “rewrites” the GOP gave to the proposed Democratic amendments to the bill. They intended to prevent some of the complications you so insightfully point out. But the GOP rewrote the summary so now the Congressional RECORD states that the Democratic amendment specifically sought to protect sexual predators. Please see my blog for more.
April 29th, 2005 at 12:37 pmWhy is this administration concerned only with the health of fetuses? What about the rest of us?
April 29th, 2005 at 12:37 pmWhat about the rest of us? We’re on our own. Just don’t get old because then the “moral values” people will cut your Medicaid support.
April 29th, 2005 at 12:49 pmWitch:
Mipe has a post that will go up at 1:30 that goes over the issue you talked about. It’s a two part post.
April 29th, 2005 at 12:58 pmTerrific. The issue deserves more play. Thanks for listening :)
April 29th, 2005 at 1:16 pm#2—yes fetuses and even embryos are much more important to the christian taliban, especially since the direct result of their tender concern leads to the removal of womens’ freedoms. That’s all they really want. 1st eliminate abortion. 2nd call contraception abortion so that can be virtually elimated. 3rd get the women out of the work place by keep’n them pregnant and reminding them of their subordinance to men of faith. 4th? 5th? They’ll just keep on going given the chance. They are well on the road.
April 29th, 2005 at 2:20 pmCheryl, I admire your passion.
April 29th, 2005 at 6:00 pmRepublicans:
April 30th, 2005 at 12:31 pmProtecting life for the first nine months, then you’re on your own, unless they want to execute you.
GWB: Pro-Life Governor who has killed morepeople than Osama Bin Laden…..
Great posts by all!
April 30th, 2005 at 9:34 pmWhat about these pharmacists who refuse to dispense birth control pills?
I haven’t heard them complain about selling condoms, a mans form of birth control..
I agree with Cheryl, Bushie hates women (cuz he’s gay?) and will do anything to diminish womens rights in America..
He proves his hate for women when he holds hands with Saudi’s who discriminate against women..
Responding to John, yes, Bushie even executes women!
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