Specter votes against Child Custody Protection Act
Written by William Mulgrew on July 27th, 2006The Senate passed the Child Custody Protection Act Monday night. The law makes it a crime to transport a minor across state lines for an abortion. This will prevent people from circumventing parental notification laws.
Even pro-choicers must admit that if children under the age of 18 cannot consent and parents are responsible for the health of their children, this law is greatly needed. It’s classic doublespeak when parental notification is required when a child so much as needs an asprin, but abortion is this magical exception. Child predators will now have to think twice before sexually exploiting children. If they get pregnant they won’t be able to cover their wrong-doing by taking their girls across state lines for an abortion.
This law was a real opportunity for Democrats to gain credibility for supporting American families. But, true enough, a vast majority of them cannot be trusted.
14 Democrats had enough common sense to vote for this law, including Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid. 4 Republicans, 29 Democrats, and 1 Independent, however, did not. Among them was none other than Pennsylvania’s senior Senator, Arlen Specter.
Arlen, your vote is a disgrace to yourself and the Party. I hope to God that this will be your last term in the Senate.
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“I hope to God that this will be your last term in the Senate.”
heh… don’t count on it.
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You have to remember that Arlen has “the President and the flag” behind him. Actual words of establishment GOP toady to Mark and I on the day of the Toomey primary.
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As a (for the most part) pro-choicer, I never understood the objection to parental notification laws. An abortion is a major decision, both from a religious perspective and a health perspective. Why shouldn’t a parent be involved, or at least informed?