Sam Brownback: “I then proposed a second-degree amendment that would require parental notification of the type which is involved with 43…”

“I then proposed a second-degree amendment that would require parental notification of the type which is involved with 43 of our States. Forty-three States have parental notification--that a minor on a military base, a dependent, could not get an abortion until either parent was notified--just notified, not consent, just notified--within 48 hours before the abortion or that there be a judicial oversight. So that if either parent were not available or accessible, or the child didn't want to notify the parent, they could get the court to rule that the abortion go ahead and the parent not be notified or, if it were a catastrophic situation and the life of the minor was in jeopardy, the doctor could go forward and provide the abortion without a notification period. I think it is an important issue as well.”