Abortion Bill Would Make Assisting a Teen to Cross State Lines a Crime:
Confidants like grandparents or ministers who help pregnant teens should be protected from prosecution under a bill headed for Senate passage that would punish anyone who takes girls across state lines to end their pregnancies, Democrats said Tuesday.
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- TomPaine.com - Pregnancy Posturing
"Today the Senate will vote on a dangerous and divisive proposal backed by Senator Bill Frist that would do nothing to protect our young people or promote conversation between teens and their parents," writes Nancy Keenan. "Known as the Child Custody Protection Act, the bill would prohibit anyone other than a parent from accompanying a young woman across state lines for an abortion if the home state's parental-involvement law has not been met."
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