[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 53 (Wednesday, April 27, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H2555]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               CHILD INTERSTATE ABORTION NOTIFICATION ACT

  (Mr. McHENRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McHENRY. Madam Speaker, America as a Nation must defend life from 
the moment of conception to natural death. Later today, the House will 
take up H.R. 748, the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act, 
introduced by my good friend, the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Ros-
Lehtinen). This bill will protect minors and their parents from 
inconsistent State abortion laws.
  Currently, 23 States require a parent to be involved in a child's 
abortion decision, while 27 do not. This bill would prosecute anyone 
who transports a minor to a State without parental consent laws with 
the purpose of undermining parental rights. It requires that any time a 
minor goes for an abortion, the physician must at least try to notify 
the parents.
  Madam Speaker, we need to make sure that we have serious parental 
involvement in these difficult and potentially dangerous decisions. I 
urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this 
reasonable measure and vote ``yes'' on H.R. 748 later today.

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