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^"-RICHMOND — Focusing each year on criminal law reform, Del. William C. Mims, R-Leesburg, introduced 13 crime bills this session. ~^I’m focusing on three major areas this year — victims’ rights, the need to reform the juvenile law section of the (Virginia) code and to provide safe roa^s through the ignition interlock for DUI offenders,” Del. Mims said. 'M-One measure allows a court to require that a DUI offender’s automobile, be disabled until the offender can pa$$ a breathalyzer test. This could O.&Cur in addition to or in lieu of license restrictions.
Parental Notification v Two bills requiring parental notification for anyone younger than 18 seeking an abortion were killed Thursday, Feb. 1, with a Senate committee’s 9-6 vote after an emotional pqblic hearing.
In Spite of the vote Sen. Mark Ea/ley, R-Chesapeake, ‘ said he Relieves such a bill will pass this year on the House and Senate floors, v' . The Senate Committee on Education and Health heard a woman testify that she never knew her 13year-qld daughter was pregnant until she died following an abortion and “it was time to make funeral arrangements.”
Sen. Richard L. Saslaw, DFairfax, pointed out that the Courts of Justice Committee just approved a bill that would allow 14-year-olds acQised of murder and rape to be tried
Adults. Yet teens seeking abortions are being treated as children.
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