{"id":213086,"date":"2019-10-28T14:30:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T19:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=213086"},"modified":"2019-10-28T01:53:20","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T06:53:20","slug":"parental-consent-bill-first-hurdle-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parental-consent-bill-first-hurdle-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"New parental consent bill passes first hurdle in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>

A measure to require parental permission before a minor gets an abortion passed an important hurdle and is set for a vote in Florida\u2019s House.<\/p>\n

Current Florida law requires parents to be notified 48 hours before a minor gets an abortion, unless a judicial waiver is obtained. But the measure in question — HB 265<\/a> — would require notarized consent from a parent or guardian, except in certain cases of medical emergency, or if the minor is already a parent.<\/p>\n

The bill has been introduced before, and because of this it has been fast-tracked, clearing just one committee stop — the House Health and Human Services committee, which voted it through 12-6 Tuesday — instead of the usual three. The bill will next go to the House floor for debate, where supporters are optimistic about its chances of passage. The Senate, however, is likely to be more difficult.<\/p>\n

\u201cI find it overwhelmingly tragic that a parent would not have the ability to know whether or not the facility their minor daughter goes to obtain an abortion was in fact safe. Was in fact reputable, was clean. That the provider themselves had the best interest in the medical outcome of the girl,\u201d said the bill\u2019s main sponsor, Rep. Erin Grall, according to the Tampa Bay Times<\/a>. She also pointed out that under current laws, parents are allowed to be notified by mail 72 hours before the procedure<\/a>, giving them little if any time to be sufficiently informed.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Florida abortionist fined for doing wrong abortion, \u2018violating\u2019 patient\u2019s body<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Abortion is a contentious issue in Florida. Opponents of HB265 point out that a similar law was deemed unconstitutional in 1989<\/a>, since Florida\u2019s constitution includes a \u201cright to privacy\u201d under which the State Supreme Court shielded abortion laws. However, a parental notification law that was struck down in 2003 was passed via constitutional amendment the following year. When he was present Tuesday to support the bill, Orlando-based Florida Family Policy Council president John Stemberger\u00a0pointed out<\/a> that Florida\u2019s constitutional privacy rights are misapplied by the courts when it comes to abortion.<\/p>\n

One representative addressed the bill\u2019s opponents during public testimony, saying that he is physically required to go to his son\u2019s school to authorize medication<\/a> when his son has a migraine. \u201cI understand the constitutional argument you are making,\u201d said Rep. Ray Rodrigues, according to the Tallahassee Democrat<\/a>. \u201cI get it. But what I fail to comprehend is how a child can\u2019t be given an aspirin by another adult without the consent of the parent \u2013 because that is exactly how that system is set up today. But that same child can have a surgery by another adult without the parent knowing about it. Can anyone not see the inconsistency in that?”<\/p>\n

Rep. Grall admitted that when it comes to minors, privacy considerations are much different. \u201cI do believe the privacy of minors is not unfettered as it is for adults,\u201d she said. \u201cYou see that through many other mechanisms in the way we address and deal with minors in our state and the permissions that required for every other surgical procedure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pro-abortion supporters, however, dismiss this concern and call it \u201ca fundamental assault on abortion rights in Florida.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

The next legislative session begins January 14.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A measure to require parental permission before a minor gets an abortion passed an important hurdle and is set for a vote in Florida\u2019s House. Current Florida law requires parents to be notified 48 hours before a minor gets an abortion, unless a judicial waiver is obtained. But the measure in question — HB 265 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":606,"featured_media":193483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nNew parental consent bill passes first hurdle in Florida<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A measure to require parental permission before a minor gets an abortion passed an important hurdle and is set for a vote in Florida\u2019s House.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parental-consent-bill-first-hurdle-florida\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New parental consent bill passes first hurdle in Florida\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A measure to require parental permission before a minor gets an abortion passed an important hurdle and is set for a vote in Florida\u2019s House.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parental-consent-bill-first-hurdle-florida\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-10-28T19:30:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-10-28T06:53:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/teen-pregnancy-unexpected-unplanned-crisis.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Laura Nicole\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraNicoleLAN\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Laura Nicole\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parental-consent-bill-first-hurdle-florida\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parental-consent-bill-first-hurdle-florida\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Laura Nicole\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/559f5a34d7a649412e9356345992a870\"},\"headline\":\"New parental consent bill passes first hurdle in Florida\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-28T19:30:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-10-28T06:53:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parental-consent-bill-first-hurdle-florida\/\"},\"wordCount\":565,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Newsbreak\",\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parental-consent-bill-first-hurdle-florida\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parental-consent-bill-first-hurdle-florida\/\",\"name\":\"New parental consent bill passes first hurdle in Florida\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-28T19:30:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-10-28T06:53:20+00:00\",\"description\":\"A measure to require parental permission before a minor gets an abortion passed an important hurdle and is set for a vote in Florida\u2019s House.\u00a0\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parental-consent-bill-first-hurdle-florida\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parental-consent-bill-first-hurdle-florida\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parental-consent-bill-first-hurdle-florida\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New parental consent bill passes first hurdle in Florida\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Live Action News\",\"description\":\"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, & Pro-Life Issues\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Live Action\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"width\":701,\"height\":710,\"caption\":\"Live Action\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/559f5a34d7a649412e9356345992a870\",\"name\":\"Laura Nicole\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3016975d28209f6ac973c084b9345a77?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3016975d28209f6ac973c084b9345a77?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Laura Nicole\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraNicoleLAN\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/laura-nicole\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New parental consent bill passes first hurdle in Florida","description":"A measure to require parental permission before a minor gets an abortion passed an important hurdle and is set for a vote in Florida\u2019s House.\u00a0","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parental-consent-bill-first-hurdle-florida\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New parental consent bill passes first hurdle in Florida","og_description":"A measure to require parental permission before a minor gets an abortion passed an important hurdle and is set for a vote in Florida\u2019s House.\u00a0","og_url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parental-consent-bill-first-hurdle-florida\/","og_site_name":"Live Action News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","article_published_time":"2019-10-28T19:30:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-10-28T06:53:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":650,"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/teen-pregnancy-unexpected-unplanned-crisis.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Laura Nicole","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraNicoleLAN","twitter_site":"@liveaction","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Laura Nicole","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parental-consent-bill-first-hurdle-florida\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parental-consent-bill-first-hurdle-florida\/"},"author":{"name":"Laura Nicole","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/559f5a34d7a649412e9356345992a870"},"headline":"New parental consent bill passes first hurdle in Florida","datePublished":"2019-10-28T19:30:27+00:00","dateModified":"2019-10-28T06:53:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parental-consent-bill-first-hurdle-florida\/"},"wordCount":565,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Newsbreak","Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parental-consent-bill-first-hurdle-florida\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parental-consent-bill-first-hurdle-florida\/","name":"New parental consent bill passes first hurdle in Florida","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-10-28T19:30:27+00:00","dateModified":"2019-10-28T06:53:20+00:00","description":"A measure to require parental permission before a minor gets an abortion passed an important hurdle and is set for a vote in Florida\u2019s House.\u00a0","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parental-consent-bill-first-hurdle-florida\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parental-consent-bill-first-hurdle-florida\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parental-consent-bill-first-hurdle-florida\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New parental consent bill passes first hurdle in Florida"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","name":"Live Action News","description":"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, & Pro-Life Issues","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization","name":"Live Action","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","width":701,"height":710,"caption":"Live Action"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/559f5a34d7a649412e9356345992a870","name":"Laura Nicole","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3016975d28209f6ac973c084b9345a77?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3016975d28209f6ac973c084b9345a77?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Laura Nicole"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraNicoleLAN"],"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/laura-nicole\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213086"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/606"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213086"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213180,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213086\/revisions\/213180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}