Supreme Court to hear abortion case

[Gonz]

Let the parents decide their childs fate when important heath risks are at hand or not, that is the question.

May 23, 12:21 PM (ET)

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court, re-entering the abortion debate amid burgeoning speculation about Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist's retirement, agreed Monday to hear an appeal of a decision striking down a state parental notification law.

Justices will review a lower court ruling that struck down such a law in New Hampshire. The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the 2003 law was unconstitutional because it didn't provide an exception to protect the minor's health in the event of a medical emergency.

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[chcr]

Circuit Court of Appeals said the 2003 law was unconstitutional because it didn't provide an exception to protect the minor's health in the event of a medical emergency.

Should parents be allowed to refuse treatment that would almost certainly save a dying child on religious (or any) grounds. Seems like child abuse to me, but that's only an opinion. The religious right will see this as an abortion issue but it's not specifically one.

 

[Gonz]

The ignoble left failed to add a clause so it would be mandatory that parents be notified in case of use of abortion as birth control while allowing life saving procedures to exist.

 

[Liliandra]

A great deal of religions will allow abortion because of medical reasons, or severe mental trauma (rape).....

 

[MrBishop]

A great deal of religions will allow abortion because of medical reasons, or severe mental trauma (rape).....

Unfortunatly, a great deal won't allow surgery or blood transfusion for any reasons, much less for abortion's sake.

 

[chcr]

The ignoble left failed to add a clause so it would be mandatory that parents be notified in case of use of abortion as birth control while allowing life saving procedures to exist.

You didn't answer the question though (neither did anyone else).

Should parents be allowed to refuse treatment that would almost certainly save a dying child on religious (or any) grounds?

I say no, but I'm an atheist and my impartiality on the subject is suspect.

That's the real thrust of this law though, regardless of the right-wingers wish to make it about underage abortion. For the record, I also believe that a minor's legal guardian should be notified of any medical treatment that minor receives, including abortion.

 

[freako104]

I think if the child is under 18 then the parents should decide for themselves. If they feel so then yes they can. Should they? Kind of a hard moral but again the parents should decide.

 

[Gato_Solo]

Unfortunatly, a great deal won't allow surgery or blood transfusion for any reasons, much less for abortion's sake.

Only two that I know of forbid blood transfusion, and only one that I know of forbids surgery. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but 2 is not a great deal.

 

[Winky]

How about the one that sez load up yer
car with explosives and detonate it on an American convoy?