TITLE: Child Custody Protection Act

CIS-NO: 2001-H521-86  
SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. House  
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve the full text of testimony  
DATE: Sept. 6, 2001  
LENGTH: iii+63 p.  
CONG-SESS: 107-1  
ITEM-NO: 1020-A; 1020-B  
SUDOC: Y4.J89/1:107/36  
 
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-27472-3.

SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 36. Hearing before the Subcom on the Constitution to consider H.R. 476, the Child Custody Protection Act, to establish Federal penalties for transporting a minor across State lines to obtain an abortion in order to circumvent laws in the minor's home State that require parental consent or notification for the procedure.
 
Supplementary material (p. 35-42, 51-63) includes submitted statements.

CONTENT-NOTATION: Abortions for minors at out-of-State clinics, penalties estab

BILLS: 107 H.R. 476

DESCRIPTORS:  
   SUBCOM ON CONSTITUTION. HOUSE;  ABORTION; FAMILIES; TRANSPORTATION; SENTENCES, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE; STATE LAWS; YOUTH; CHILD CUSTODY PROTECTION ACT

01-H521-86 TESTIMONY NO: 1     Sept. 6, 2001 p. 5-35, 42-49
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   ROBERTS, EILEEN (Founder, Mothers Against Minors' Abortions)
   HARRISON, JOHN C. (Professor, Law, University of Virginia School of Law)
   RAGSDALE, KATHERINE H. (Rev.) (Episcopalian priest)
   COLLETT, TERESA S. (Professor, Law, South Texas College of Law)
   ROS-LEHTINEN, ILEANA (Rep, R-Fla)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Differing perspectives on need to permit minors to obtain abortions without parental consent; opposing views on H.R. 476; benefits of parental involvement in abortion decisions of minors.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Abortions for minors at out-of-State clinics, penalties estab
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   MOTHERS AGAINST MINORS' ABORTIONS

LOAD-DATE: November 22, 2002