Post by Logan on Apr 8, 2017 8:17:27 GMT -6
The House approved a bill adding rules to parental consent and notification of abortion…even as some Democrats raised new issues with the measure.
Underage girls can go to court to bypass their parents and get consent for an abortion. This session’s legislation says if the judge grants that consent, the judge must also decide whether the girl’s parents should be notified.
That’s scaled back from the bill’s original version, which didn’t make that notification optional.
But Democrats on the House floor pointed to a part of the bill that says if the judge denies a girl’s request for consent, the court is required to tell the parents. Rep. Tom Washburne (R-Evansville) says that’s exactly the intent.
Read more: indianapublicradio.org/news/2017/04/parental-notification-of-abortion-bill-clears-house/
Underage girls can go to court to bypass their parents and get consent for an abortion. This session’s legislation says if the judge grants that consent, the judge must also decide whether the girl’s parents should be notified.
That’s scaled back from the bill’s original version, which didn’t make that notification optional.
But Democrats on the House floor pointed to a part of the bill that says if the judge denies a girl’s request for consent, the court is required to tell the parents. Rep. Tom Washburne (R-Evansville) says that’s exactly the intent.
Read more: indianapublicradio.org/news/2017/04/parental-notification-of-abortion-bill-clears-house/