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[rootofnewt]

*sigh*

So, now minors in Virginia must have *notarized* parental consent forms in order to obtain an abortion. And late-term abortions are outlawed, even if the mother's life is in danger.

While I believe it's important for teenagers to obtain parental consent for medical procedures, I also recognize that it's sometimes SAFER to a young woman to NOT inform her parents of her pregnancy. I realize that a judge can override this law in certain cases, but that still politicizes a personal choice and that pisses me off.

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[chorus-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

oh that really torques me! I went to school with a girl whose mother and stepfather were apostalic pentacostals....very extreme ones at that. Well, the stepfather was molesting the girl (this was in seventh grade) and got her pregnant, the mother blamed her for "leading him on in sin's ways" and they forced her to have the baby. She wound up throwing the baby off the roof, stabbing her mother and the stepfather and then killing herself. Sadly, they survived, fucking not good for anything assholes.

MOST of the incestual or step parent sexual child abuse cases I know have occured in "extremely christian" homes....this is why I think these people are the LAST people on earth who should be allowed to have a say in this.

This country just took another step in the wrong direction....I have got to win the lottery and get the fuck out, that's all there is too it. Next thing you know someone is going to burn me at the stake.