A number of state legislatures and organizations put barriers between women and abortion care by directly interfering with a woman's medical care. Parental Involvement laws interfere in young women’s access to abortion care by requiring them to notify their parent or obtain parental consent prior to obtaining an abortion or other necessary health service. Young women who cannot involve their parents in their abortion decision are required to go through a humiliating, complicated, and time consuming process that involves getting permission from a judge.
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Mont. Parental Consent Bill Becomes Law After Gov. Declines To Act on It
Friday, April 26, 2013
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) on Thursday allowed legislation (HB 391) requiring minors to obtain parental consent before abortions to become law without his signature, the AP/Montana Standard reports.
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N.H. House Rejects Bill Requiring Waiting Period, Signed Consent Before Abortions
Friday, March 15, 2013
The New Hampshire House on Wednesday rejected a bill (HB 483) that would have required women to wait 24 hours before obtaining an abortion, the AP/Boston Globe reports.
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Okla. House Approves Two Antiabortion Measures
Thursday, March 14, 2013
The Oklahoma House on Tuesday approved two antiabortion-rights bills, related to the state's parental consent law, the AP/San Antonio Express-News reports.
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Mont. House Approves Parental Consent Bill
Thursday, February 28, 2013
The Montana House on Tuesday voted 59-41 in favor of legislation (HB 391) that would require written parental consent before a minor can obtain an abortion, the AP/Missoulian reports.
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Okla. Panel Approves Changes to Parental Consent Law
Thursday, February 14, 2013
The Oklahoma House Public Safety Committee on Tuesday voted 7-3 to approve two bills that would make it more difficult for a minor to obtain an abortion without parental consent, the AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
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Wash. Lawmakers Revise Parental Notification Bill After Concerns About Penalties
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Republican lawmakers in Washington state on Monday altered a bill (SB 5156) that would have imposed penalties on physicians who performed abortions and redefined the procedure, the AP/Salem Statesman Journal reports.
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Mont. Antiabortion Groups Push New Restrictions After Last Year's Ballot Victory
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Bolstered by last year's approval of a parental notification ballot measure (LR 120), antiabortion-rights groups in Montana are pushing a bill (HB 104) that would criminalize the killing of a fetus, the AP/Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports.
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New York Times Editorial, Columnist Weigh Election's Significance for Women's Health
Friday, November 9, 2012
The New York Times recently published an editorial and a column that discuss how Tuesday's election results relate to women's reproductive health issues. Summaries appear below.
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Fla. Rejects Ballot Measure Barring Abortion Funding, Altering Privacy Rights
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Florida voters on Tuesday defeated a ballot initiative (Amendment 6) that would have amended the state constitution to explicitly exclude a broader right to abortion than is protected under the U.S. Constitution and ban public funding for abortion in most cases, the AP/Palm Beach Post's "Election Center Blog" reports.
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Mont. Voters Approve Parental Notification Ballot Measure
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Montana voters on Tuesday approved a ballot measure (LR 120) that will require parental notification before a minor younger than 16 can obtain an abortion, the AP/Billings Gazette reports.
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Mont. Ballot Measure Could Have 'Dangerous Consequences' for Teens, Letter States
Thursday, November 1, 2012
A Montana ballot measure (LR 120) that would require parental notification before a minor can obtain an abortion "will endanger already vulnerable teens," Ryann Milne-Price, a reproductive health counselor in the state, writes in a letter to the editor of Missoulian.
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Mont. Parental Notification Measure Would Endanger Teens, Opinion Piece Argues
Friday, October 26, 2012
Montana voters "must take the time to carefully consider just what is at stake" with a state ballot initiative (LR 120) that would require parental notification before minors can obtain abortion care, writes Stacey Anderson, director of public affairs at Planned Parenthood of Montana, in a Missoulian opinion piece.
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Fla., Mont. Are 'Exceptions' to 'Paucity' of Women's Health Referendums This Year, Salon Piece States
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
No "personhood" measures are on state ballots this year, but initiatives Florida and Montana provide "exceptions to the relative paucity" of reproductive health-related referendums in this election, Irin Carmon writes in Salon.
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Mont. Referendum Follows Failed Attempts at Enacting Parental Involvement Legislation
Monday, October 15, 2012
A Montana ballot measure (LR 120) that would require parental notification before minors can obtain abortion care comes after multiple failed attempts to enact the requirement by other means, The Missoulian reports.
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Experts Warn About Privacy Implications of Proposed Fla. Antiabortion Amendment
Friday, October 12, 2012
Experts during a public forum last week discussed the implications of an initiative (Amendment 6) on Florida's November ballot that would ban public funding for most abortion care or coverage, Tampa Bay Newspapers reports.
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Judge Upholds Constitutionality of Alaska Parental Notification Law
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Alaska Superior Court Judge John Suddock on Monday upheld a state law requiring doctors to notify parents if a minor seeks an abortion, but he eliminated a provision related to civil liabilities for doctors and modified the judicial bypass requirements for minors who cannot involve their parents in their abortion decisions, the AP/Sacramento Bee reports.
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Planned Parenthood Warns Against Mont. Parental Notification Ballot Measure
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Planned Parenthood of Montana is pushing back against a state ballot initiative (LR 120) that would require parental notification at least 48 hours before minors ages 16 and younger can obtain abortion care, NBC Montana reports.
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Mont. Voters To Decide on Parental Notification Measure in Nov.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Montana voters next month will consider a ballot initiative (LR 120) that would require parental notification before minors can obtain abortion care, the Columbia Falls Hungry Horse News reports.
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Ind. Woman Arrested for Helping Minor Obtain Abortion
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
An Indiana woman on Friday was arrested for helping a 15-year-old obtain an abortion in Illinois without her guardians' consent, the AP/San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Latest Attempts at Calif. Parental Notification Ballot Measure Fail To Qualify
Monday, July 9, 2012
Since last fall, four attempts to qualify a California ballot initiative that would require notification of a minor's parents before an abortion have failed, the San Diego City Beat reports.
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House Bill Calls for Additional Restrictions on Abortion in D.C.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) last week announced plans to introduce a bill that would restrict abortion rights in D.C., The Hill reports.
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Ala. House Approves Bills on Abortion Coverage, Clinics Standards
Friday, May 11, 2012
The Alabama House on Tuesday approved a bill that would allow the state to restrict insurance coverage of abortion in certain health plans, sending the measure to Gov. Robert Bentley (R), the AP/Gadsden Times reports.
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Okla. Gov. Fallin Signs Bill Allowing Lawsuits Against Abortion Providers
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) on Tuesday signed into law a bill (HB 2561) permitting lawsuits against abortion providers -- including any doctor who prescribes medication abortion drugs -- who do not follow the state's voluntary and informed consent laws, The Oklahoman reports.
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Okla. House Approves Bill Allowing Lawsuits Against Abortion Providers, Sends to Gov. Fallin
Friday, May 4, 2012
The Oklahoma House on Wednesday voted 89-0 to approve a bill (HB 2561) that would allow women to file lawsuits against abortion providers and anyone who prescribes abortion-inducing drugs if they violate state abortion law, the AP/Wichita Falls Times Record News reports.
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N.H. Senate Advances Bill Revising Judicial Bypass Process Under Parental Notification Law
Friday, May 4, 2012
The New Hampshire Senate on Wednesday voted 16-8 to approve a House-passed bill (HB 1723) that would modify a law requiring the notification of a parent or guardian before a minor receives abortion care, the AP/Portsmouth Herald reports.
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Fla. Ballot Measure Would Strengthen Ban on Public Funding for Abortion, Pave Way for Parental Consent
Friday, April 27, 2012
An amendment on Florida's November ballot would enact a state constitutional ban on public funding for abortion to make it harder to repeal existing state and federal bans on the funding, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
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Ariz. Gov. Brewer Signs Sweeping Antiabortion Bill That Includes 20-Week Ban, Medication Abortion Restrictions
Friday, April 13, 2012
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) on Thursday signed into law a bill (HB 2036) that includes several abortion restrictions, including a ban on the procedure after 20 weeks of gestation in nearly all cases and other limits on abortion, Reuters reports.
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Maine House Rejects Four Antiabortion-Rights Bills
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
The Maine House on Tuesday rejected four bills aiming to restrict abortion access, including measures related to waiting periods, pre-abortion counseling, parental consent and crimes against pregnant women, the AP/Boston Globe reports.
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Senate Bill Would Require Parental Notification, Waiting Period Before Abortion Care for Minors
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
On Monday, Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.) and five Republican co-sponsors introduced a bill (S 1005) that would require abortion providers to notify parents by certified mail if their minor daughter seeks an abortion, The Hill's "Floor Action Blog" reports.
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Del. Rejects Parental Consent Bill
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Delaware lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill (HB 80) that would require consent from at least one parent before a teen younger than age 18 could receive an abortion, unless there is a medical emergency, the AP/MSNBC reports.
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Maine House Panel Considers Three Abortion-Related Bills
Thursday, May 5, 2011
The Maine House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday held hearings on three antiabortion-rights bills under consideration by the state's first Republican-led Legislature in decades, the AP/Washington Examiner reports.
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