Model Legislation

In a major national poll by the Los Angeles Times, 56 percent of women admitting to a past abortion reported a sense of guilt and 26 percent regretted choosing abortion.(1) It should be noted that as with similar studies, the number of women who admitted having abortions was much less than half the actual abortion […]

Parental Consent & Judicial Bypass Regarding Birth Control Prescriptions for Minors In general, the bill would require consent from at least one custodial parent or legal guardian before birth control could be provided to a minor. Preferably, proof of parental consent would require that the parent accompany the daughter to the physician’s or family planning […]

(An updated proposal and website dedicated to this issue can be viewed at www.ElliotInstitute.org/eugenics) MEMO Date: 9/15/97 From: David C. Reardon, Ph.D., Director To: Interested Parties Re: Extending a Cloning Ban to Include A Ban on All Genetic Engineering of Human Beings The Human Engineering Prohibition Act Clearly the cloning issue has attracted public attention […]

Federal Abortion Information Depository (FAID)      Purpose: To assist physicians in providing full disclosure, and to provide citizens with a central clearinghouse for information regarding relevant to decisions regarding abortion.  Method: The Library of Congress would be required to establish and maintain an thoroughly indexed depository of all documents and materials which citizens believe […]

Federal Jurisdiction Over Disclosure Standard for Abortion It is possible that virtually everything in our model bill could be adapted to federal legislation on the following grounds: (1) Abortion involves interstate commerce, not only do women cross borders, so do abortionists. There is also advertising across state borders; (2) Abortion has been enshrined as a […]