Senator Ensigns Quest To Turn The United States Into A Theocracy: Child Protection Custody Act
Senator John Ensign continues his unhealthy fixation on “values” as he focuses on –the . First, gay marriage, then stem cell research, and now abortion, can you say theocracy? Avoidance strategy? Ensign’s latest bill is part of the Congressional Republican efforts to avoid discussion about corruption, the Iraqi War, their inability to accompish anything during this session and to pander to their shrinking and increasingly nuttier base. Of course, its also part of his personal crusade to turn the United States into a theocracy as his membership in the Fellowship dictates.
Sure, at first glance, you might be thinking that makes sense, but parental consent isnt what this bill is really about. Take a look at the sponsors (besides “activist judges” obsessed Family Research Council, , the Christian Coalition etc.) In addition to Ensign, you will see many of his Fellowship brothers including Senators , Let them have cancer Coburn and Kyl. Its another link in the chain of the pro government enforced pregnancy brigade’s efforts to either ban abortion completely, or limit access so effectively that most women cannot obtain a legal abortion in the United States.
Ensign and his anti-choice brigade will point to two exceptional cases in Pennsylvania in which minors were taken across state lines against their will. However, there are –the most important reasons not to pass the Child Custody Protection bill? Its inconsistent with most existing state law regarding abortion accesss and it makes young women vulnerable to unsafe abortions and violent family members. From the :
* Even in the absence of a legal requirement, more than 61 percent of parents know of their daughter’s pregnancy. Young women who choose not to involve their parents have many valid reasons. For example, one-third of teens who do not involve their parents have already been the victims of family violence and fear it will recur with the news of a pregnancy. The government cannot mandate healthy family communication where it does not already exist. (1)
* Young women who do not involve a parent often seek help and guidance from other important and trusted people in their lives such as grandparents, aunts, or religious counselors. According to Henshaw’s & Kost’s study, “Parental Involvement in Minors’ Abortion Decisions,” 93 percent of minors who did not involve a parent in their decision were accompanied by someone to the abortion clinic. This person provides valuable advice and needed assistance to the minor before and after an abortion. This bill would discourage young women from seeking such help and would isolate them when they desperately need support.
* The American Medical Association states, “Because the need for privacy may be compelling, minors may be driven to desperate measures to maintain the confidentiality of the pregnancies. They may run away from home, obtain a ‘back alley’ abortion, or resort to self-induced abortion. The desire to maintain secrecy has been one of the leading reasons for illegal abortion deaths since . . . 1973.” The so-called “Child Custody Protection Act” could force some young women to turn to illegal or self-induced abortion; thereby putting their own lives at risk.
* This legislation could also cause young women seeking abortions to delay, which could endanger their health.
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[...] From the RGJ: By a margin of 65-34, the Senate passed Ensign’s Child Protection Custody Act that would make it a crime to take a pregnant girl across state lines for an abortion without her parents’ knowledge. Since passage was inevitable, Democrats spent the day trying to arrange compromises: A last-minute deal by Ensign and Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., would cut off the ability of men who impregnate their daughters from taking them out of state for abortions and from suing those who help get the procedure in other states. [...]
[...] Maybe tennis makes a better analogy? Its like I’m watching a tennis match with the Reid I cheer for on one side, and the Reid I groan about on the other. Reid convinces the National Democratic Party to add Nevada to the caucus schedule, “Way to go!” Reid votes for the Child Custody Protection Act, “#%$%?!” Look, I know Reid is personally anti-abortion, but he’s said he would support legislation that protects reproductive rights, and with this vote he simply did not do that. “But,” you say, “The Democrats were going to lose on the vote no matter what, and Reid’s making up for his yes vote by dispatching Dick Durbin to stall the legislation in the House.” Sorry, that’s just not good enough, and its more evidence that the “big tent” philosophy doesn’t work for all Democrats all the time. [...]
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