Posted by
Team Turk on Friday, September 29, 2006 9:32:41 PM
GOP USA chronicles
abortion deadline.
Most schools require a parent's permission for a child to go on a field trip or even take an aspirin while at school. However, a minor girl can cross state lines to have an abortion -- without her parents' knowledge. That, say parental-rights advocates, is exactly why the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA) must be signed into law.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has filed cloture on S. 403, which means the U.S. Senate could conduct a cloture vote on CIANA as early as Friday (September 29). It passed the bill once already in July, when it was known as the Child Custody Protection Act, on a 65-34 bipartisan vote. But Democratic leaders had prevented it from going to conference committee with the House, which had passed a similar bill last year. On Tuesday, however, the U.S. House voted 264-153 in favor of S. 403, adding to the Senate's version a provision that would require abortion providers to notify parents of a minor seeking an abortion at least 24 hours before it takes place.