No Wonder Planned Parenthood Hates Parental Notification Laws -

They eat into PP's profits.

Of course they won't admit it. They claim it is respecting privacy. The reality is a bit different. They know that these laws result in fewer abortions. & a study proves it. The study was done by Michael J. New for the Family Research Council. The study, The Effect of Parental Involvement Laws on the Incidence of Abortion Among Minors, shows the positive effects that the notification laws have had resulting in the reduction of abortions amoong minors.

(From the report summary) "This comprehensive analysis of minor abortion data from nearly all 50 states between 1985 and 1999 demonstrates that state-level parental involvement laws are effective in reducing the incidence of abortion among minors. Overall, the findings indicate that when a state enacts a parental involvement law, the abortion rate falls by an average of approximately 13.6 percent.
This study is the first of its kind to compare different types of parental involvement laws. The findings indicate that more protective parental involvement laws result in even larger abortion declines. Laws that require parental consent instead of parental notification reduce the minor abortion rate by about 19 percent. Furthermore, laws that mandate the involvement of two parents, instead of just one parent, reduce the in-state minor abortion rate by approximately 31 percent.
The overall minor abortion rate in the United States has fallen by close to fifty percent between 1985 and 1999, and this study shows that parental involvement laws are an important causal factor in this decline. Currently about 36 states have a parental involvement law on the books, but some are more effective than others in their ability to reduce the incidence of abortion. The laws that were enacted in Minnesota and Mississippi laws are among the most effective in reducing abortion rates among minors."

Despite the fact that the Dems are claiming that they want to see the number of abortions reduced, I highly doubt they will step up & get on the parental notification bandwagon wholeheartedly. Yes, they will do a little to make it sound like they agree, but it will be a wink-wink agreement. They know that if they support this as they should then they will get their buddies at NARAL & PP upset with them. But they also know that they have to appear pro-family, thus the posturing.

& you can be sure that PP & NARAL will do their best to shoot holes in the research. I suspect that they will put strong emphasis on who did the study. This is something that they conveniently ignore when it is a study by their supporters that shoots down their position. Then they claim it is flawed. But, any study they do that upholds their position is automatically perfect.

You can be sure that PP will do its best to indermine anything that eats into its profits. & fewer abortions, esp those illegally done to minors, means fewer bucks flowing into their hands.

(Source: A Parental-Involvement Opportunity)