House Speaker Douglas Scamman has reversed his earlier position and endorsed a 2003 law that would require minor girls to notify a parent before getting an abortion.

Scamman told The Telegraph this week he had [previously] signed on with a group urging the U.S. Supreme Court to oppose the law.

This comes as the law, found unconstitutional by a federal appeals court, heads to the U.S. Supreme Court next month.

Full article @ boston.com

ScamMan says he originally opposed the law because it didn’t have a clause to protect the health of the woman. But now [that he has been pressured by anti-choice groups] he realizes that a woman could go before a judge and get waiver to the notification law. He said that before,

"I did not have a copy of the brief. I did not read it,"

Idiot.

Lynch asks court to overthrow parental notification law

Gov. John Lynch said two courts already have rejected New Hampshire's parental notification law on abortions, and the U.S. Supreme Court should do the same.

Lynch filed a brief with the court on Wednesday asking it to find the law unconstitutional. He said it is a risk to the health of New Hampshire women.

"As governor, and as a father, I believe parents should be involved in these important decisions," he said. "But we must also recognize that there are cases where that is not possible -- and we should not risk the health and safety of young women in those cases," Lynch said.

From boston.com

Unlike ScamMan, Lynch sees that merely being able to go before a judge and ask for a waiver does not replace a clause guaranteeing an exception for when the health of the woman is in danger. Medical choices should be made by a doctor not by a judge in a court of law. But try telling that to a Republican!

# posted by Jon Easton : 4:32 AM  2 comments