Of all the decisions that a parent should be a part of, it is the decision of their daughter to terminate a pregnancy or see a grandchild born. So pervasive is the reach of the abortion rights movement, that it finds ways to circumvent the involvement of parents despite laws in 24 states which clearly demand parental involvement in the decision process. 
Now, in Michigan, law-makers are committed to closing such loop-holds. Called The Parental Rights Restoration Act, it reduces exceptions for abortions. It also curbs judge shopping. With the new provisions, judges will have to consider factors they typically ignore – the girl’s relationship with her parents, school attendance and grades. This bill aims at requiring judges to study each situation, rather than give a free pass for each abortion request.
Under current law, minors who are denied a judicial waiver in one county can go immediately to a neighboring county and find a favorable judge that will grant a waiver. How many minors are judicially sophisticated enough to do that? Probably a small percentage. Abortion providers are helping to circumvent the law. Under the guise of being helpful, they are a well-organized business boosting arm of the clinics, in collusion with a liberal court system that now rules, not on the basis of law, but on the basis of personal and liberal cultural values. 
Some abortion clinics are so brazen, that they advertise on their web-sites how they can help a potential client navigate the judicial system. The coaches they provide find victims, short-circuit the legal system, disallow parental involvement, encourage the abortion, and essentially drive business to the center – like a lamb to the slaughter.
The waiver was intended to protect a child if she had abusive parents. That waiver alone is biased against parents. Disapproval by conservative parents now counts as a lack of support, and tends, at least in some minds, to constitute abuse. In that sense, the law is aimed at anti-abortion parents who might express outrage over the very idea of an abortion. The child, it would seem in the mind of the liberal, must be protected from such moral judgment by parents – it could damage them, as if an abortion would be less damaging.
In the 24 states that have a parental consent law, this exception to the rule has become the rule. “Judicial bypass can just be used as a loophole and an exception that swallows the law and is reverted to in every possible situation for any reason.” Hurrah for Michigan – as they try to make the law work and strengthen the right of parents to be involved in such crucial decisions.
Adapted from a report by Steve Jordahl, a Family News Release – Focus on the Family!
Adapted from a report by Steve Jordahl, a Family News Release – Focus on the Family!