CONFIRMED: Committee Hearing Saturday, Parental Rights Bill Needs Support

Committee Needs to Hear From YOU 
After an effort to obstruct the legislative process and public support for the Parental Notification of Abortion Act (HB 56), it has been confirmed that HB 56 is scheduled for the Consumer and Public Affairs Committee and ask that supporters be prepared with a 1 minute speech for public testimony on Saturday, February 3, 2018.

HB 56 Hearing Information
WHERE: House floor, Capitol, Santa Fe, NM
WHEN: Saturday, February 3rd - 9:00 a.m.
Free Parking: 420 Galisteo Street, Santa Fe, NM - directions here.   
Public Testimony Opportunity: In preparation for the committee hearing, public testimony is crucial-- we need parents, youth program leaders, girls under 18, school teachers and all concerned citizens to attend and voice support for HB 56.  Please prepare a 1 minute speech, with personal testimony and include several points from our FACT SHEET here.
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Support the Bill: View HB 56, the Parental Notification of Abortion fact sheet and contact your legislators today to support this important legislation. Also, contact the House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee and ask them to vote for HB 56.

Lastly, SHARE this critical information with others, across social media networks and with your churches and groups. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter today-- help us bring about public awareness on this serious matter affecting young girls, parents and families across the state.

Parental Notification Needed for Aspirin, Not Abortion
Download our fact sheet here.

Did you know across New Mexico, teen girls can be taken off school property by an adult male and have an abortion, without any parental involvement or notification?

• Parental consent is needed for an aspirin, but not an abortion.
• If someone wanted to take your daughter in for an abortion, wouldn't you want to know?
• A child age 13 or 14 years old should not be expected to manage her own healthcare while undergoing a life changing invasive, medical procedure,
• Parental involvement provides vital information to avert medical risks that will affect their child's health, safety and emotional well-being.
• Cases show girls are serially raped and sexually abused for years after the abortion clinic where they were taken ignored the state's mandatory reporting law.
• 60-80% of pregnant minors 15 and under are impregnated by adult males
• 37 states protect girls and require notification of a parent before a girl has an abortion.
• The abortion industry has been caught actively concealing statutory rape and sex trafficking of minors from parents and authorities.

"We are behind 37 states in parental rights as far as protection of our sons and our daughters," said HB 56 sponsor Rep. Rick Little. "I have two daughters and there is no way you can say you want your daughter to get an abortion without your knowledge. That is absolutely unreasonable and absurd. We need to catch up with reality as far as the family and parental rights--when our daughters can't take an aspirin or go on a school trip, but the perpetrator can take them down to get an abortion without the parent knowing."
"On top of it, the parent is financially and personally responsible," Little added. "This is a lawsuit waiting to happen and I believe the state of New Mexico would lose that lawsuit."

SHOCKED? What You Can Do!
View HB 56, the Parental Notification of Abortion fact sheet and contact your legislators today to support this important legislation. Also, contact the House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee and ask them to vote for HB 56. Lastly, SHARE this critical information with others, across social media networks and with your churches and groups. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter today-- help us bring about public awareness on this serious matter affecting young girls, parents and families across the state. 

Public Testimony Opportunity: 
In preparation for the committee hearing, public testimony is crucial-- we need parents, youth program leaders, girls under 18, school teachers and all concerned citizens to attend and voice support for HB 56.  

U.S. Senate Voted Down Pain Capable Abortion Ban
Monday the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act was voted down  in the U.S. Senate. Both New Mexico Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich voted against protecting innocent life. The bill aimed to protect unborn babies, at 20 weeks gestation or farther, from the excruciating pain of abortion. The bill has also been called Micah's Law, referencing a baby born at 22-weeks who has gone on to live a normal, healthy life.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, the lead sponsor, said the United States should be ashamed to be one of only seven nations, along with China and North Korea, to allow elective abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

Pro-life senators have indicated they will bring this bill, or similar legislation, up again this year.