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Support the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)
(H.R. 634)
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(The below letter has been edited.)
Jane Doe
12345 Main St
Minneapolis MN 55418-3209
Date
The Honorable Keith Ellison [This legislator is used just as an example for
formatting.]
1130 Longworth House Office Building
United States House of Representatives
Washington DC 20515-2305
Dear Representative Ellison:
Subject: Please Support the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (H.R.
634)
I am writing to ask for your support for the commonsense Child Interstate
Abortion Notification Act (CIANA), H.R.1063, which is supported by a majority
of Americans nationwide. Please co-sponsor this measure, which has been
introduced by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL).
The Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act protects young girls. Almost
80% of the public favors parental-notification laws, yet these laws are often
evaded by interstate transportation of minors, usually by male perpetrators
of statutory rape or even worse. It is time for Congress to ensure that young
girls are protected from exploitation and that parents' rights are protected.
Abortion is a crime against humanity. CIANA would also reduce abortions.
This critical piece of legislation would make it a federal offense to transport
a minor across state lines in order to avoid state laws requiring parental
or judicial consent or notification before a minor child can have an abortion.
The bill would also require that abortion providers in states without
parental-notification laws must notify a parent if the minor girl is from
a different state.
Sadly, the interstate transportation of minors to procure an abortion often
serves to conceal criminal activity. This reckless disregard for state laws
must be stopped.
Parental consent is required for school field trips, distribution of medication
at school, and even ear piercing. However, a stranger can legally take a
minor across state lines and have her undergo a potentially life-threatening
procedure without her parents' knowledge.
This bill will simply enforce current state laws that are made to protect
our young girls from potential harm and exploitation. For the safety of these
children and the babies within them, please support the Child Interstate
Abortion Notification Act.
Thank you for your consideration of my position on this important issue.
I would appreciate a response to my letter.
Sincerely,
[Signature]
Jane Doe
Summary of This Issue
Source:
http://www.capwiz.com/nrlc/issues/bills/?bill=12547236
Support
Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (H. R. 634):
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State
lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion
decisions.
The Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA), sponsored by
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and introduced on January 22, 2009,
requires any abortionist to notify a parent before performing an abortion
on a minor who is a resident of another state, unless the minor has already
received authorization from a court in her home state, or unless the abortionist
is already required to provide such parental notification by a current law
in the state in which he practices. If the minor asserts that she is the
victim of abuse, the abortionist must notify the appropriate state child
abuse agency instead. The bill also would make it a federal offense to transport
a minor across state lines for an abortion without fulfilling the requirements
of a parental notification law in effect in the home state. National Right
to Life strongly supports the CIANA.
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Parental
Notification
http://www.nrlc.org/federal/ccpa/index.html
National Right to Life's pages regarding parental notification.
More
Testimony Supporting CIANA
http://www.frcblog.com/2008/07/more_testimony_supporting_cian.html
"... This bill is the culmination of a decade of Congressional effort to
insure that young girls are not coerced or deceived into crossing state lines
to obtain secret abortions. ... In my brief time during this forum I would
like to discuss three points: 1) CIANA addresses a real problem; 2) a federal
solution to the problem is necessary; and 3) CIANA is constitutional. ..."
Tell
Congress to Protect Young Girls
The above link goes to a page at
SBA-List.org.
"The Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA) will make it a federal
offense to transport a minor girl across state lines for the purpose of obtaining
an abortion if done to evade a parental-notification or parental-consent
law that is in effect in the girl's home state. In addition, the Child Interstate
Abortion Notification Act will require, in a state without parental consent
laws, that before an abortion provider performs an abortion on a minor girl
who is the resident of a different state, that provider must notify a parent.
The abortion provider does not have to notify a parent if the minor has already
received authorization from a judge in her home state (judicial bypass) or
if she falls into carefully drafted exceptions to cover cases of abuse or
medical emergencies. ..."
Text of the Legislation
Child Interstate
Abortion Notification Act, H.R. 634
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.634:
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Child
Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA), Bill # H.R.634
http://www.capwiz.com/nrlc/issues/bills/?bill=12547236
See the legislation's full text and summary, along with pro-life scores of
the bill, its sponsors, its cosponsors, and your elected officials.
At Govtrack.gov
H.R.
634: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across
State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents
in abortion decisions.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-634
See the legislation's full text, sponsors, and cosponsors; and easily track
the bill's status.
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