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By ANGIE MUSOLINO
Arundel Newspapers Richmond Bureau
Abortion law
may change
Teenagers under 18 would have to get permission from either their parents or a juvenile court judge before they can have abortions under a bill that was approved in the House Monday, 78-21.
The bill has been the subject of some of the most intense debate of this year’s General Assembly session. It was one of the last House bills delegates considered on Monday, the day the House and Senate were required to complete work on their own bills.
The bill’s chief patron, Del. Theodore V. Morrison Jr. (D-Newport News), said that abortion is one of the only surgical procedures that teenagers can undergo without permission from their parents.
Under the bill, a girl who does not wish to get parental consent may go through the court system.
“Unfortunately, even under this bill, the parents may never know what happened in the life of that child,” Mr. Morrison said.
A leading opponent of the measure, Del. Warren G. Stambaugh (DArlington), said the bill will not stop young girls from seeking abortions.
“What it is going to do is inject the government into an area where it ought not to be — in the family,” Mr. Stambaugh said.
Local legislators voting for the bill were Dels. Robert T. Andrews (RLoudoun), Raymond R. “Andy” Guest Jr. (R-Fauquier/Rappahannocki/Clarke/Warren), Thomas M. Moncure (R-Fauquier/Stafford) and Kenneth B. Rollins (R-Fauquier/Loudoun).
DeL Kenneth R. Plum (D-Reston) voted against the measure.
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