Anti-Abortion Lawmakers Advance Poorly Conceived &#39;Arrest
Grandma&#39; BillS  A bill that advanced past the House
Judiciary Committee today aims to make it illegal for anyone who
is not a pregnant teen's parent to transport her across state
lines for the purposes of obtaining an abortion with no
exceptions for rape, incest, or threats to a girl's health.
Opponents of the measure are calling it the "Arrest Grandma"
Act, but it could just as easily be called "Arrest The Terrified
But Supportive Boy Who Knocked You Up" Act. No matter how you
swing it, it sucks.  The bill, sponsored by Florida Republican
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, is officially known as the Child Interstate
Abortion Notification Act, and, in the words of Rep. Ros-
Lehtinen, it aims to enshrine the rights of parents to be
"involved in their children's lives." Even if that statement
weren't a blatant lie, it'd would be laughably impractical. In
almost every circumstance, a teen who is pregnant became that
way during a moment that her parents were not i