It's kinda like that thread last week with the soldier bragging about how many unarmed American civilians he could take out in the event of civil unrest (and 75% of DUers were cheering him on). I'm still having nightmares about that.

This thread is just as worrisome and illustrates just how easily fundamental rights can be eroded in the name of (whatever). If so-called Democrats are in favor of forcing pregnant girls to notify their parents before getting an abortion, I shudder to think of how easy it would be to put a law like that on the books all over the nation.

If Democrats cannot be counted on to be practical about emotional (but oh-so-important) issues like this, we're screwed!

It's really very simple: in most cases, it's preferable for parents to be informed about a daughter's pregnancy. In fact, clinic personnel should be encouraging the girl to tell her parents unless it will endanger her safety or well-being, if there's a danger of being kicked out of the house, or if there's a danger of the parents forcing her to have the baby against her will. At no point, however, should parental consent or even notification be required.

If parents want to ensure their daughters will tell them when they're pregnant, they need to make it abundantly clear ahead of time that they will support her decision, whatever it may be, they will never kick her out of the house, they will never force her to have the baby against her will or abuse her in ANY way upon finding out.

Why is this so hard to understand??