Abortion-rights battle shaping up (in CA)

[Rose Siding]

Most of the attention has been drawn to the heat of a possible special election fight between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and organized labor this year, but another highly charged measure might be first to qualify for the ballot.

A constitutional amendment requiring abortion providers to notify the parent or guardian of unemancipated minors 48 hours before performing an abortion is well on its way to qualifying, supporters say.

"We are pretty confident we will qualify, and most people seem to think this is a pretty good idea," said Albin Rhomberg, a retired physicist from Sacramento who is a spokesman for the group collecting signatures for the initiative.

"Even Hillary Clinton, on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, said she supported the idea of parental notification."
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"It endangers young women's lives. Period," said Katherine Spiller, executive director of the Feminist Foundation. "There are young women who will be afraid to tell their parents they are sexually active. They'll go into a clinic and when they find out their parents have to be notified, they'll get up and walk out.

http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/12631701p-13485572c.html