[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 93 (Tuesday, July 14, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H5416]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                SUPPORT THE CHILD CUSTODY PROTECTION ACT

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the Child Custody 
Protection Act, which this House will address tomorrow. It is time that 
we stand up for the safety of the daughters of this Nation as well as 
for the rights of the parents.
  I served in the Pennsylvania legislature when we passed the parental 
consent laws for the purpose of keeping our young girls safe and under 
the consent of their parents. Yet abortion clinics in Pennsylvania's 
neighboring States, New Jersey and Maryland, seek to peddle their 
services through Pennsylvania newspapers and even to anyone who opens a 
Pennsylvania phone book.
  By passing the Child Custody Protection Act this body will take a 
clear stand against the bizarre notion that the U.S. Constitution 
confers a right upon strangers to take one's minor daughter across 
State lines for a secret abortion, even when a State law specifically 
requires the involvement of a parent or judge in the daughter's 
abortion decision.
  The government should not allow our daughters' lives to be endangered 
by turning them over to strangers for serious medical procedures.
  Let us protect States' rights. Let us protect parental authority. And 
most importantly, let us protect our Nation's young women. Let us pass 
the Child Custody Protection Act.

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