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Parental Notification

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, May 14, 2003.

A bill in the New Hampshire legislature would require that abortion providers notify the parents of a minor who seeks to terminate a pregnancy. Those in favor of the measure maintain that parents have a right to know what medical care their children seek and receive. Those opposed say that such a bill would run counter to New Hampshire's long tradition of staying out of private family matters. Laura's guests are Rep. Phyllis Woods, one of the bill's sponsors, and Jennifer Frizzell, Public Affairs Director of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England.

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A Vietnam Reunion

By John Walters on Wednesday, May 14, 2003.

In the late 60s, Michel Peltz was an American soldier in the war. He developed a close friendship with a Vietnamese nun, but after the war, he lost touch with her. This year, he made a return trip to Vietnam. It was a journey that healed some of the emotional scars of his wartime experience, and reunited him with his long-lost friend.

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Senate Committee Amends Parental Notification Bill

By Dan Gorenstein on Wednesday, May 14, 2003.

The Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday, significantly changed a controversial parental notification bill.

The bill would have required parents to be notified of a minor?s pending abortion.

The Committee?s amendment throws passage of the bill into question.

NHPR's Dan Gorenstein reports.

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