You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Senate Approves Controversial Abortion Bill

HeadlineJul 26, 2006

On Capitol Hill, the Senate approved a bill Tuesday that it would make it illegal for anyone to accompany a young woman across state lines for an abortion without notifying her parents. The bill would leave a grandparent, clergy member or relative open to prosecution. Senate Republicans rejected a Democratic proposal that would have granted an exemption to confidants of abused young women.

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top