***Parental Notification and Intervention Act***

I.  **Public Support**

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A.  The American people overwhelmingly support restrictions on abortions
    such as laws requiring parental intervention or parental
    notification for minors before obtaining the procedure

B.  Public support for parental notification before a minor's abortion
    continues to grow

C.  According to a 1996 Gallup survey, 74% of Americans were in favor of
    requiring that parents be given the opportunity to intervene an
    abortion is performed on a minor

D.  In a 1998 CBS/New York Times poll, 78% favored parental
    intervention.

E.  In a Los Angeles Times survey conducted in 2000 the figure was 82%

F.  Polls have shown that even people claiming to be "pro-choice"
    support some form of parental involvement

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II. **Success of Parental Intervention Laws In Many States**

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A.  This trend has translated into legislation in many states nationwide

> \- Roughly 40 states have passed laws to protect some form of parental
> involvement before allowing a minor to obtain an abortion

B.  At the end of last year, parental consent laws were in effect in 18
    states

C.  Unfortunately, without a federal law in place, even in states with
    parental notification, parents are left completely in the dark
    because a child abuser or offender will evade the law by simply
    taking the young girl to another state without such a law and obtain
    an abortion there

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III. **Loopholes In State Laws**

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A.  State laws are many times struck down or rendered ineffective by
    judges who exploit judicial bypass to minors so routinely that the
    law is rarely actually enforced

B.  Although ***no one*** has the authority to consent to taking the
    life of an unborn child, this federal Parental Notification and
    Intervention Act would give parents the legal grounds to ***stop***
    an abortion.

-   Parents will have the legal right to protect their grandchildren
    from being slaughtered and shield their daughter from the physical
    and psychological trauma that arises from induced abortion

IV. **Provides Tough New Protections for Both Parents and Unborn
    Children**

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A.  The federal Parental Notification and Intervention Act would require
    that any abortion contemplated by a minor or incompetent be reported
    to both parents or her legal guardian in advance so they can
    intervene to stop the abortion

B.  The bill contains the following elements:

-   That no physician may perform an abortion upon a minor or
    incompetent unless the physician performing the abortion has given
    four days (96 hours) notice to both parents or the legal guardian of
    the minor or incompetent

-   At any time either parent or guardian may object and prevent the
    abortion from occurring

-   That a violation of this Act is a felony

-   Unlike many existing bills, the Parental Notification and
    Intervention Act provides a clear-cut standard to be met before a
    judge may grant a judicial bypass

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-   ***A judge would only be permitted to allow an abortion without
    notifying the parents if he or she receives clear and convincing
    evidence of danger of physical abuse from a minor's parents if they
    are notified***

V.  Stops a Minor from Receiving Only Biased Propaganda from Abortion
    Vendors

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A.  **The requirement of four days advance notice would give the minor
    time to reflect on the horrific consequences of her decision and
    seek counsel -- apart from the pressure of an anxious boyfriend or
    perhaps even a child abuser seeking to hide his crime**

B.  **Currently, the only people that the minor is required to consult
    are the selfsame abortion providers who have a financial stake in
    convincing her to abort**

C.  **This legislation would save tens of thousands of innocent babies
    each year and protect each pregnant minor from a lifetime of guilt
    for having aborted her child**

**Additional Notes:**

-   **The bill does have severability**

-   **Does allow an exception for the life of the mother**

-   **Is not intended to override state laws. If a state has stiffer
    requirements in place with regard to any of the bill's provisions,
    the abortionist will ,of course, still be bound by the state's
    requirements**

-   **Legal precedent was set for parental consent by the Supreme Court
    in the 1992** *Casey v. Planned Parenthood* **decision in which the
    court upheld Pennsylvania's parental consent law along with a 24
    hour waiting period**