House approves measure requiring parents be told of teens’ abortions

Parents in Florida may soon have the legal right to be informed if their teenage daughters seek an abortion, reported the Associated Press yesterday.

A House panel approved a ballot measure Feb. 16 to that effect.

The vote is a preliminary step toward putting a "parental rights" provision in the Florida Constitution.

House Speaker Johnnie Byrd, R-Plant City, called for the amendment last summer after the Florida Supreme Court struck down a law that required medical professionals to notify parents before their minor daughters get abortions.

If the amendment passes the House and the Senate, it will go before voters in November.

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