HB 0001

1	House Joint Resolution
2	A joint resolution proposing the creation of Section 22 of
3	Article X of the State Constitution to provide for
4	parental notification of an abortion on a minor.
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6	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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8	That the creation of Section 22 of Article X of the State
9	Constitution set forth below is agreed to and shall be submitted
10	to the electors of Florida for approval or rejection at the
11	general election to be held in November 2004:
12	ARTICLE X
13	MISCELLANEOUS
14	SECTION 22.  Parental notification of an abortion on a
15	minor.--The legislature shall not limit or deny the reproductive
16	and privacy rights guaranteed to minors under the United States
17	Constitution as interpreted by the United States Supreme Court.
18	Notwithstanding the minor's right of privacy provided in Section
19	23 of Article I, the legislature may by general law require
20	notification of a parent or guardian of a minor prior to the
21	performance of an abortion on the minor. This right to
22	notification shall not apply to minors emancipated by general
23	law.
24	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the title and substance of the
25	amendment proposed herein shall appear on the ballot as follows:
26	PARENTAL NOTIFICATION OF ABORTION ON A MINOR
27	Proposes the creation of Section 22 of Article X of the
28	State Constitution to provide that the Legislature may,
29	notwithstanding the state constitutional right of privacy, enact
30	legislation requiring notification of a parent or guardian of a
31	minor prior to the performance of an abortion on the minor. The
32	amendment provides that the Legislature shall not limit or deny
33	the reproductive and privacy rights guaranteed to minors under
34	the United States Constitution as interpreted by the United
35	States Supreme Court. The amendment provides that the right to
36	notification shall not apply to minors emancipated by general
37	law.

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