Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

was pleasantly surprised this article even made it to print…pray people see the craziness…

Connecticut Teens Can Get an Abortion But Can't Get a Tan?

By Kristi Stone Hamrick

Published June 20, 2011

One seldom looks to government officials for logic. After all, a politician’s chief skill is generally the ability to look good while spouting the kind of nonsense that would make Kurt Vonnegut proud.

But a Connecticut legislator had a flash of insight recently about helping parents be involved in their children’s lives that is most rare.

A bill that would have required parental approval to allow teenagers to go to a tanning parlor died when it came into conflict with an amendment that would require parental notification for abortions. Apparently judging that to be a toxic combination, the Democratically controlled Senate refused to bring the measure forward.

It occurred to Connecticut State Sen. Michael McLachlan, (R-Danbury), that it was just as important to have parental involvement in choosing an elective surgery, with all the uncertainties that surgery entails, as it is to have parental involvement with an activity most closely associated with Malibu Barbie and the Jersey Shore.

After all, we’re told excessive tanning is bad for your health. But most grown ups agree that surgery has its drawback as well.