Florida Senate Passes Ultrasound And Parental Consent Bills
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Two common sense pro-life measures have passed the Florida Senate and are likely to be signed by Florida’s Governor, Rick Scott. From Life Site News:
Florida senators on Thursday voted to send two pro-life bills to the state governor, including a bill that would mandate that women be given an opportunity to view an ultrasound and hear a description of their unborn child before having the child killed through an abortion.
The ultrasound bill (HB 1127) passed easily, 24-15. Its passage was a significant victory for pro-life advocates in the state, given that a similar bill was vetoed last year by then-Gov. Charlie Crist.
However, with pro-life Governor Rick Scott now in office, there is little chance of the bill meeting a similar fate this time around.
The state senate also passed on Thursday a bill (HB 1247) that would tighten up the state’s parental consent law, making it more difficult for minors to get a judicial bypass to avoid having to tell their parents. That bill passed 26-12.
“You can’t give a child an aspirin in school without permission. You can’t do any kind of medication, but we can secretly take the child off and have an abortion?” said Sen. Steve Oelrich, R-Gainesville, according to the Associated Press. “We should support it with all our hearts and souls if parental responsibility means anything to us.”
Since the election of Gov. Scott, as well as strong pro-life Republican majorities in both the House and the Senate in last November’s election, the state of Florida has drawn attention for the sheer volume of pro-life legislation that is making its way through the legislature.
Late last month Florida legislators had passed a number of other pro-life bills, including a constitutional amendment that would ban public funding for abortion and prevent the state courts from interpreting a right to privacy to include abortion.
Anyone who opposes a woman merely being shown an ultrasound of her unborn baby and being told at what stage in development it is in not just pro-choice but pro-abortion. Opposing a woman getting such information is really wanting her to remain ignorant about what she is doing. Feminists, Liberals, and the like, do not want women to make an informed “choice” about abortion, rather they want women to remain ignorant about what they are doing.
Anyone who opposes parental notification laws are not merely pro-choice but pro-abortion. It makes no sense to allow an underage girl get an abortion without her parents knowledge. Yes, in extreme cases that do not justify no restrictions at all, there are rare cases when that could be dangerous for the girl. We have seen Planned Parenthood’s willingness to tolerate the rape of underage girls in order to thwart parents being notified about their daughter getting an abortion. These are two common sense restrictions on abortion that should be implemented throughout the country.
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