We finally have regulations issued under the texas law mandating parental consent for minor seeking abortion. parents will be required to give that consent in writing, not verbally.

After 13 months of intense pressure from opposing factions, the state has adopted rules requiring written — and notarized — parental consent forms for girls under age 18 to get abortions.

The new forms span six pages, warn of medical risks and tout "women's right to know" brochures backed by abortion opponents, said those on opposite sides of the issue.

"There was just so much heat from so many different sources," said Dr. Donald Patrick, executive director of the Texas Medical Board, which adopted the rules. "We were trying to tread a pretty fine line. It's just sometimes hard to do when there are two diametrically different points of view."

The board plans to send a copy of the medical records rules regarding parental consent to the Texas Register next week.

The rules would take effect 20 days later.

Patrick said the governor's office backed the final form approved late last week, which requires parents' written consent be notarized, an administrative rule not required by the consent law.

Given the number of cases of fraud that have been foundin consent cases, where someone other than the parent misrepresents tehmselves to authorize the abortion (including the responsible male, who is seeking to hide the evidence of statutory rape), the requirement that the signature be notarized is a good one.

Personally, I'd require that the parents sign in blood. Just as a reminder that they are authorizing the killing of their own innocent grandchild.

Parental consent? Informed consent?
What do they think this is -- a medical procedure?

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