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WASHINGTON (May 4, 2005) - - The U.S. House of Representatives on April 27 passed NRLC-backed legislation requiring parental notification for interstate abortions involving minors by a hefty margin, 270-157.
NRLC immediately called on the Democratic caucus in the U.S. Senate to stop obstructing parental notification legislation, as it has done successfully for years.
The bill passed by the House was the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA, H.R. 748), sponsored by Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fl.). (To see how House members voted on hostile amendments to the bill and on final passage, see pages 28-29.)
About half of the ...