PROP
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WAITING PERIOD AND PARENTAL NOTIFICATION
BEFORE TERMINATION OF MINOR’S PREGNANCY.
INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. |
SUMMARY Put on the Ballot by Petition Signatures
Changes California Constitution, prohibiting abortion for unemancipated minor until 48 hours after physician notifies minor’s parent, legal guardian, or, in limited cases, substitute adult relative. Provides an exception for medical emergency or parental waiver. Fiscal Impact: Potential unknown net state costs of several million dollars annually for health and social services programs, court administration, and state health agency administration combined.
WHAT YOUR VOTE MEANS
YES A YES vote on this measure means: The State Constitution would be changed to require that a physician notify, with certain exceptions, a parent or legal guardian of a pregnant minor at least 48 hours before performing an abortion. |
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NO A NO vote on this measure means: Minors would continue to receive abortion services to the same extent as adults. Physicians performing abortions for minors would not be subject to notification requirements. |
ARGUMENTS
PRO Doctors, nurses, teachers, and LAW ENFORCEMENT endorse Proposition 4—Sarah’s Law. Notification laws in thirty other states are reducing teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases and protecting young girls from being victimized by older men. STOP SEXUAL PREDATORS. Join California District Attorneys who say VOTE YES on Prop. 4.
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CON Prop. 4 is dangerous. Mandatory reporting laws can’t force scared, pregnant teenagers to talk to parents, but may force them into back alleys, or worse. Prop. 4 won’t protect teens from predators. Prop. 4 won’t work, fosters more lawsuits, and puts teens at risk. To protect teens, Vote NO.
(www.NoonProposition4.org) |
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FOR
Friends of Sarah
YES on 4 / Child and Teen Safety
and Stop Predator Act: Sarah’s Law
1703 India Street
San Diego, CA 92101
(866) 828-8355
info@YESon4.net
www.YESon4.net |
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AGAINST
Campaign for Teen Safety
555 Capitol Mall, Suite 510
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 804-4456
www.NoonProposition4.org |
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