Friday, February 29, 2008

Prioritizing

A Massachusetts House of Representatives bill, H1735, proposes to abolish the requirement that an under-age girl get permission of her parents or a judge for an abortion.

Instead, the new law would require that she had received "counselling" from a teacher, nurse, guidance counsellor, doctor or any person "with a master's degree in counselling or education."

This, the bill's authors and sponsors assure us, will prevent the current restrictions on abortion from continuing to "pose a great threat to the public health".

But we are reassured at the bottom of the page upon which the bill is printed,

"This Document Has Been Printed On 100% Recycled Paper."


I feel better. Don't you?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"counselling" from a teacher, nurse, guidance counsellor, doctor or any person "with a master's degree in counselling or education."

Are you sure "boyfriend" wasn't included in that list?
Mary
www.latinmassnetwork.net