Sacramento, Calif., Aug 11, 2008 / 21:04 pm
A California judge has ruled against Planned Parenthood and its allies who challenged the content of a voter information pamphlet’s arguments in support of Proposition 4, a ballot measure requiring abortionists to notify at least one adult relative before performing an abortion on a minor.
The arguments reference the story of “Sarah,” a 15-year-old who died in 1994 after suffering complications from a secretly obtained legal abortion, in addition to stories of other underage girls who obtained abortions without their parents’ knowledge.
Opponents of the pamphlet’s content argued that Sarah’s story should be removed from the pamphlets. They specifically object to the sentence “Had someone in her family known about the abortion, Sarah's life could have been saved.” While a Planned Parenthood lawyer called the claim “absolutely false,” Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael P. Kenny disagreed, the California Catholic Daily reports.
The judge also ruled that the label “Sarah’s Law,” the proponents’ name for Proposition 4, could also be used in the pamphlet.