A new law has been passed that restricts the “rights” of a person who aids and abets a minor crossing state lines to get an abortion, except a minor’s parent.

I think this is the one of the “safest” laws against abortion because I doubt that droves of underage children are pulling a Starsky and Hutch to go under the fetal sledge hammer. What I mean by “safest” is that this law is terribly inconsequential. Most minors shouldn’t go to another state without their parents to begin with, let alone have a medical precedure done. I say that with the belief that abortion should be legal in the first trimester.

While I certainly don’t think it’s going to create back alley abortions, I also don’t think it’s going to change our population stats either. To me, it reeks of Democrats trying to appease the religious right and tell ‘em it’s okay to vote D come November.

Now, this conservative chick has an interesting, if not humorous take on it:

The New York Times Thursday morning is one of those big media outlets that are cheering on obstruction, calling the Child Custody Protection Act “mean.” The Times, along with some Senate opponents of the Act, have latched onto the idea that there should be an exception for grandmothers (some senators also want clergy exempted). They ask: What if a scared girl’s grandma wants to help her by taking her from Pennsylvania to New Jersey to have an abortion?

Well, think about it for a second. There should be a poll, actually. How many grandmas — unless your grandma was a Margaret Sanger sister-in-arms, would march for such an exception? Better yet: Moms out there — who among you thinks that your father-in-law — or your own Pop, for that matter — should be able to take your 15-year-old daughter to another state for a secret abortion? Go ahead, raise your hand.

And every dad who thinks his mother-in-law — or even his own beloved Mom — should be able to take his baby girl to another state for an abortion without his or his wife’s knowledge, raise your hand.

I didn’t think there would be many takers. Read the rest…

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