New Hampshire's Parental Consent Law Repealed

In another sad display of pro-abortion extremism, New Hampshire's Democratic legislature pushed through legislation repealing the state's parental consent law (the law never took effect because of court challenges). The governor signed the bill yesterday.

According to CNN, the complaint by pro-abortion groups was that the bill didn't have a "health" exception. Ah, ye old "health" exception-- with "health" defined so broadly you could drive a truck through it.

In 2003, one judge in the court challenge defied the conventional wisdom of the majority of states and the Supreme Court and declared the law unconstitutional because of the lack of a so-called health exception. Governor Lynch agreed with the court's assessment and signed the bill. Talk about political cover-- one court out of probably hundreds claims the bill is unconstitutional and the governor uses this as his reason.

So now, parents in New Hampshire will find out about their minor daughter's abortion if a) she tells them about it, b) they get a call from the hospital telling them their daughter is having emergency surgery to save her life after an abortion or c) they get a call from the morgue asking them to come and identify the body.

Supporters of the legislation in the N.H. legislature plan on reintroducing the legislation-- maybe in January '08. Let's pray they are successful.