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by Channel 2 News staff
Saturday, January 10, 2009
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Among the variety of early bills soon to be up for discussion when the state Legislature convenes is one on parental consent for abortions
Rep. John Coghill and Sens. Fred Dyson and Gene Therriault have all sponsored proposed legislation that would require parents to give permission before a teenage girl could legally receive an abortion.
Looking ahead to the upcoming legislative session, Gov. Sarah Palin says it's something she, too, thinks is a good idea.
"Certainly, if we are a society that mandates parental consent before our daughters get their ears pierced, or even take a Tylenol tablet at school, I would think that there would be support both for parents to have to give consent and be informed anyway before such an invasive procedure of an abortion would be performed on our underage daughters also," she said.
The Legislative session begins in Jan. 20.
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