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Article: Antiabortion Proposals Advance in Va.; House Committee Backs Parental Consent Bill, Ban on Late-Term Procedure
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- The Washington Post
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- January 28, 2003
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A House of Delegates committee today approved four measures aimed
at restricting abortions, including one that would require parental
consent for minors to have abortions and another that would outlaw
the late-term procedure that opponents call "partial-birth" abortion.
The Courts of Justice Committee also passed measures that would
remove the mental health of a mother as a consideration for late-
term abortions and a proposal that would allow health care
professionals to decline to prescribe birth-control pills or abortion-
inducing medications if they have a conscientious objection.
The bills still must win approval on the House floor and in the
Senate before they can go to Gov. Mark R. ...