Senate approves parental consent
By Amy Fagan
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
July 26, 2006


Republicans last night secured a long-sought pro-life victory as the Senate approved a bill that would protect parents' right to be involved in their pregnant teen's abortion decision.
"I believe this is a significant pro-parent, pro-child, pro-life piece of legislation," Sen. Sam Brownback, Kansas Republican, said of the bill, which would make it a crime to avoid a state's parental-notification or -consent law by taking a minor to another state to obtain an abortion.
The measure passed, 65-34. Fourteen Democrats voted in favor of the measure, while four Republicans voted against it.
The House passed a similar measure last year, so the legislation now goes to final House-Senate negotiations.

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