I remember being at work one day when one of my co- workers approached me in tears. She had just found out that her only daughter would no longer be able to bare children. It turns out that her seventeen year old daughter had had three previous abortions without her knowledge. So now my co-worker will never know the joy of biological grandchildren and her daughter will never know the joy of biological children. With Election Day inching nearer and nearer, the question on the minds of most Americans and Floridians is whether to vote for Bush or Kerry? I would like to pull you away from the daunting task of trying to decide who you want to be your next president and push you into one of the issues that is also going to be on the ballots. The issue that I would like to discuss is the proposed amendment one. Amendment one deals with parental notification of the termination of a minor's pregnancy. In other words the parents or guardian of a minor must be notified before an abortion can proceed. Before a minor, a child under the age of 18, can do just about anything they must have the consent of their parents, but not when it comes to them having an abortion. Children are not mature enough to make many of their own decisions, but they are mature enough to make such a life-changing conclusion on their own? It has already been decided that it is the woman's choice to have an abortion or not so this amendment does not ask for parental consent just parental notification. Once you have decided on Bush or Kerry I would like you to give some consideration not to taking away the privacy rights of minors, but protecting the rights of their parents and voting YES for Amendment One.
             Opponents of this amendment say that Amendment one violates a minor's right to privacy. If this is the case then when a parent gives consent for any other activity it is also violating that right. So what are the parents there for? Every other decision tha...