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Exactly 41 years after the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, the Missouri House Committee on Health Care Policy heard arguments on delaying women's access to abortions. |
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Wrap: Republican Representative Keith Frederick is the Health Care Policy Committee Chairman.
He presented a bill that would extend the waiting period between consultation and abortion from 24 hours to 72 hours.
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| Description: "This does not make it illegal, it doesn't restrict access. It simply says we want additional time to be reflective of all of the information and all of the decision process." | |
ACLU Executive Director Jeffrey Mittman says the bill is not about giving women time.
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| Description: "Forcing a woman who needs an abortion to delay her procedure for non-medical reasons is dangerous and it's cruel." | |
The Committee took no immediate action on the bill.
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Christina Turner.
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Exactly 41 years after Roe v. Wade legalized abortion, the Missouri House Committee on Health Care Policy heard arguments a bill forcing clinics to notify both parents of a minor's procedure before it's done. |
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Wrap: Republican Representative Rocky Miller proposed a bill mandating both parents be notified before their child receives an abortion.
Missouri Right to Life Executive Director Patty Skaine says parents deserve to know what's going on in their children's lives.
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| Description: "Abortion causes physical problems, causes psychological problems, causes behavioral problems, causes drug abuse problems, and a custodial parent needs to know why a child of theirs may be suffering some of these consequences." | |
But Missouri's Planned Parenthood Government Manager Ryann Summerford says teens' health care is often delayed when parents are notified by someone outside the family.
The Committee made no immediate decision on this bill.
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Christina Turner.