Sue Myrick: “Mr. Speaker, the Child Custody Protection Act is important to any parent who has a teenaged daughter. We all hope that…”

“Mr. Speaker, the Child Custody Protection Act is important to any parent who has a teenaged daughter. We all hope that our teenaged daughters have the wisdom to avoid pregnancy, but if they make a mistake, a parent is best able to provide advice and counseling. Also, more importantly, the parent knows the child's past medical history. For these reasons, my home State of North Carolina, along with several other States, requires a parent to know before their child checks into an abortion clinic. This law is needed because of stories chillingly similar to the story of a Pennsylvania mother and the tragic story of her 13-year-old daughter.”