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Jerry Nadler: this law also says that if someone is asked to perform, if a doctor is asked to perform an abortion on a young woman, on…

On the recordSeptember 26, 2006
this law also says that if someone is asked to perform, if a doctor is asked to perform an abortion on a young woman, on a minor from another State, he must notify the parents in that State whether or not that State requires parental notification. So we are expanding, we are now putting the Federal Government and saying to a State when only two States are involved, neither which have a parental notification law, you must because we say so. There is no justification for that.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Discussing federal requirements for parental notification in abortion cases involving minors from other states.

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