Sam Brownback: “Again, it is a legitimate question the chairman asks in these troubling areas. We don't seem to have difficulty with…”

“Again, it is a legitimate question the chairman asks in these troubling areas. We don't seem to have difficulty with this in any other medical procedure a minor child would ask for, that they have to get their parents' notification. If a child literally in many places has even very minor surgery, they have to get parental notification. And yet because of the social difficulty and how much we wrestle with the issue of abortion, they don't there, and they are using Federal facilities to do this. I think this is wholly appropriate given the use of Federal facilities. Remember, too, what we are protecting here is the right of the parent toward their minor child. If the minor child has a very difficult relationship with their parents, they can actually take it separately to the court and not have the parent get approval to do this. If I were a military person, I would want something such as this, that I am in charge of my minor child's upbringing, and particularly when it comes to surgery and something that is so important and difficult as an abortion. This is for the personnel.”