Child Interstate Abortion Act Introduced in Congress

Senators Marcus Rubio of Florida and Orrin Hatch of Utah have introduced a bill that would make it a crime to take a minor across a state line to help her obtain an abortion, and would fine or imprison a provider who performed an abortion on a teen from a parental consent or notification state if that provider doesn’t seek out the teen’s parents before the procedure.
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For many teens without local access to services, the closest provider may in fact be in a different state, regardless of laws, putting more burden on the teen to have to delay a procedure that gets more complicated as the pregnancy progresses.

The first comment at that link pretty much sums up what I was thinking:

“What if that child… was raped by a parent? it happens. Where is she to go? This is way to invasive and gee are these GOP ers not for Big Government invading everyones lives like a virus? Could have fooled me.

Welcome the new GOP christian taliban, right here in the USA folks!”

H/T: Skepchick