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| NH Legislation 2003 |
Info on 2003 legislation
related to the right to life.
Click on the links below to see the full text, current status, and when you can defend human life by testifying before a committee. You are
also encouraged to write letters-to-editors
about them and contact your own legislators. |
NHRTL Trustee and State Rep Kathy Souza offering
testimony
before the NH House Judiciary Committee. |
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HB-763
Require Parental Notification Before Minors May Obtain an Abortion
Click
for Original Bill Text (Which has since been amended slightly)
This Parental Notification bill of 2003, passed by the NH House, the NH
Senate,
and signed into law by Gov. Craig Benson, suffered an injunction against it by
US District Judge Joseph DeClerico, Jr. in December 2003.
See the 2004 LEGISLATION webpage for
information on the appeal in process.
Gov. Benson signs Parental Notification, into law on
June 19, 2003. Photo:Karen Testerman
NHRTL Trustees Rep. Kathy Souza and
Rep. Barbara Hagan are on the right.
This parental notification bill is
to insure parents or guardians are notified
when
an unemancipated minors under age 18 seeks an abortion. It is merely
notification, NOT consent, and it does have a judicial by-pass clause, but it
is accepted as the most meaningful pro-life legislative win in NH since Roe.
A June 18
Press Release documents the NHRTL view on this success.
Two
Republican Senators who
had pledged written support for the idea
flip-flopped:
Sen. Frank Sapareto (R-Derry)
and Sen. Jane O'Hearn (R-Nashua).
NHRTL consequently issued a
May 16 Press Release
after Sapareto
flip-flopped but before Sen. O'Hearn flip-flopped.
Please express your thanks to Gov. Craig Benson, the bill
sponsors, the NH House
members who supported this bill, and the following NH Senators who supported
it:
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Sen. Russell Prescott
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Sen. Jack Barnes
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Sen. Andre' Martel
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Sen. Robert Boyce
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Sen. Robert Clegg
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Sen. Sheila Roberge
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Sen. Carl Johnson
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Sen. Joseph Kenney
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Sen. Robert Flanders
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Sen. Charles Morse
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Sen. Richard Green
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Sen. Ted Gatsas
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Below are images of the survey returns from Gov. Benson and the 12 Senators
who
pledged to
support parental notification. Make sure they know you have
seen their
survey returns on the NHRTL-PAC webpage:
Gov
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Craig Benson
Office of the Governor
25 Capital Street
Concord NH 03301 |
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Click above to see survey! |
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(O) (603)271-2121
benson@nh.gov |
| District |
Senators |
Survey Responses with
pledge of SUPPORT
for parental notification |
Contact information
for Senators |
Dist. 1
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John Gallus
292 Prospect Street
Berlin, NH 03570-2137 |
No survey
response |
(H) (603)752-1066
(O) (603)752-6000
john.gallus@leg.state.nh.us |
Dist. 2
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Carl Johnson
42 Dale Road
Meredith, NH 03253-6802 |
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Click above to see survey! |
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(H) (603)279-6492
(O) None Specified
carljean@worldpath.net |
Dist. 3
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Joseph Kenney
PO Box 201
Union, NH 03887-0201 |
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Click above to see survey! |
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(H) (603)473-2569
(O) (603)271-3073
majjkenney@prodigy.net |
Dist. 4
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Robert Boyce
Star Route W #113
Alton Bay, NH 03810-9713 |
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Click above to see survey! |
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(H) (603)875-7371
(O) None Specified
senatorboyce@metrocast.net |
Dist. 5
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Clifton Below
25 Perley Avenue
Lebanon, NH 03766-1816 |
No survey
response |
(H) (603)448-2519
(O) (603)448-5899
cbelow@tpk.net |
Dist. 6
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Richard Green
15 Nola Avenue
Rochester, NH 03867-3316 |
No survey
response |
(H) (603)332-1567
(O) None Specified |
Dist. 7
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Robert Flanders
P.O. Box 1
Antrim, NH 03440-0001 |
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Click above to see survey! |
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(H) (603)588-2159
(O) (603)271-2246
flandersrb@aol.com |
Dist. 8
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Bob Odell
PO Box 23
Lempster, NH 03605-0023 |
No survey
response |
(H) (603)863-9260
(O) (603)863-9797
rpojr@aol.com |
Dist. 9
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Sheila Roberge
83 Olde Lantern Road
Bedford, NH 03110-4816 |
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Click above to see survey! |
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(H) (603)472-8391
(O) (603)641-6900
livia.acdan@leg.state.nh.us |
Dist. 10
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Thomas Eaton
27 Pheasant Hill Road
Keene, NH 03431-4339 |
No survey
response |
(H) (603)352-8887
(O) None Specified
thomas.eaton@leg.state.nh.us |
Dist. 11
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Andrew Peterson
PO Box 59
Peterborough, NH 03458-0059 |
No survey
response |
(H) (603)924-7817
(O) (603)924-3321
andrewpeterson@adelphia.net |
Dist. 12
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Jane O'Hearn
7 Pope Circle
Nashua, NH 03063-3307 |
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Click above to see survey!
FLIP-FLOPPED on P-N!!! |
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(H) (603)889-6036
(O) (603)271-3041
jane.ohearn@leg.state.nh.us |
Dist. 13
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Joseph Foster
9 Keats Street
Nashua, NH 03062-2509 |
No survey
response |
(H) (603)891-0307
(O) (603)595-9700
joeafoster@aol.com |
Dist. 14
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Robert Clegg
39 Trigate Road
Hudson, NH 03051-5120 |
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Click above to see survey! |
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(H) (603)880-6193
(O) (603)594-9141
senclegg@aol.com |
Dist. 15
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Sylvia Larsen
23 Kensington Road
Concord, NH 03301 |
No survey
response |
(H) (603)225-6130
(O) (603)271-3076
sylvia.larsen@leg.state.nh.us |
Dist. 16
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Theodore Gatsas
582 Chestnut Street
Manchester, NH 03104-6052 |
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Click above to see survey! |
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(H) (603)668-1233
(O) (603)623-0220
t.gatsas@leg.state.nh.us |
Dist. 17
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John Barnes
PO Box 362
Raymond, NH 03077-3062 |
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Click above to see survey! |
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(H) (603)895-9352
(O) None Specified
susan.bridge@leg.state.nh.us |
Dist. 18
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Andre' Martel
237 Riverdale Avenue
Manchester, NH 03103-7301 |
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Click above to see survey! |
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(H) (603)622-8411
(O) None Specified
andre.martel@leg.state.nh.us |
Dist. 19
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Frank Sapareto
14 Oxbow Lane
Derry, NH 03038-4533 |
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Click above to see survey!
FLIP-FLOPPED on P-N!!! |
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(H) (603)894-7083
(O) (603)894-4964
frank.sapareto@leg.state.nh.us |
Dist. 20
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Lou D'Allesandro
332 St. James Avenue
Manchester, NH 03102-4950 |
No survey
response |
(H) (603)669-3494
(O) (603)271-2600
dalas@leg.state.nh.us |
Dist. 21
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Iris Estabrook
8 Burnham Avenue
Durham, NH 03824-3011 |
No survey
response |
(H) (603)868-5524
(O) None Specified |
Dist. 22
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Charles Morse
18 Brook Hollow Drive
Salem, NH 03079-1866 |
No survey
response |
(H) (603)894-5459
(O) (603)362-6200 |
Dist. 23
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Russell Prescott
8 Farm Road
Kingston, NH 03848-3121 |
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Click above to see survey! |
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(H) (603)642-4243
(O) (603)772-4321
prescott@forfamily.net |
Dist. 24
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Burton Cohen
P.O. Box 208
New Castle, NH 03854-0208 |
No survey
response |
(H) (603)431-2581
(O) (603)431-0066
burtc@rcn.com |
Be sure to read both the
May 16 Press
Release and the
June 18 Press
Release
on this bill.
THANK YOU!
NHRTL President
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2003 PRO-LIFE BILLS SUPPORTED
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"LOB" is the Legislative
Office Building, 33 North State Street, about a block away from the gold-domed
State House in Concord.
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"LSR" means it is
not yet an official bill yet, but is in the formal planning stages.
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Those bills in the
YELLOW boxes are
ones you can still help pass!
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HB-611
"Choose Life" License Plates
Click for Bill Text
Create a vanity license plate with proceeds only for adoption. The public
hearing was on Feb. 19, 9:00AM, in Room 203 of the LOB. The
NH House Transportation Committee voted AGAINST this pro-life bill by 15 to
0.
It is time to contact your
legislators to
express your opinion.
More info, including a petition, is at
Choose Life License Plate Thanks! |
HB-193
Life Begins at Fertilization
Click for Bill Text
This bill sought to recognize that human life begins at fertilization
-- a well know scientific fact.
The public commented to the
NH House Judiciary Committee at a hearing on
Jan. 29, 9:30AM in Room 208 of
the LOB.
Unfortunately, the House Judiciary Committee voted it ITL (Inexpedient to
Legislate) by 13 to 5. The NH House
killed this pro-life bill on Feb. 6 by a
vote of 253 to 119.
Click here for the roll call vote, and then contact your
legislators to
express your opinion. Thanks! |
HB-104
Create a "Safe Haven"
(Companion to SB-33 below)
Click for Bill Text
This "Safe Haven" bill
seeks to allow hospitals to
assume care and custody of abandoned babies. A NH House hearing
was held January 18 before the
NH House Health & Human Services Committee
, who voted it OTP (Ought to Pass) by
17 to 0 (yes, even known pro-abortion legislators supported it). The NH House passed an
amended version of this
bill on Feb. 6 by a vote of 327 to 45.
Click here for a roll call vote, contact your
legislators
with your opinion, and then focus on the NH Senate version of the bill below.
Thanks!
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HB-581
Death Records for Aborted Babies
Click for Bill Text
Requires a death record be made for an aborted baby.
The
NH House Health & Human Services Committee
heard testimony on February 19, 9:00AM, in Room 205 of the LOB, but they still
voted against this bill 13 to 3. The NH House killed this pro-life
bill on March 6 by a roll call vote of 292 to 67.
Click here for the roll call vote and then contact your
legislators with your opinion. |
HB-311
Regarding Family Planning and
Pro-Abortion Literature
Click for Bill Text
This bill seeks to repeal the law requiring Town Clerks to provide family planning
and pro-abortion Planned Parenthood material to all couples applying for a
marriage license. There was public comment before the
NH House Municipal and
County Gov't Committee on Jan. 29, 2:00PM, Room 301 of the LOB. That committee
reportedly voted it OTP (Ought
to Pass) but the formal report ("exec") process has not been completed yet. It is expected to come to a full NH House very soon,
so e-mail and voice call on your
legislators to
SUPPORT/PASS this bill. Thanks! |
SB-33
Create a "Safe Haven"
(Companion to HB-104 above)
Click for Bill Text
This "Safe Haven" bill will allow hospitals to assume care and custody
of abandoned babies. See above for news on how the NH House
version (HB-104) was passed. A hearing before the
NH Senate Public Institutions, Health & Human Services Committee is
scheduled for March 18, 4:15pm, in Room 101 of the LOB.
E-mail and voice call on your
legislators to
express your opinion. Thanks! |
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<this section is out of date: see the 2004
LEGISLATION>
HB-763:
Require Parental Notification Before Minors May Obtain an Abortion
Click
for Bill Text
This parental notification bill is
to compel unemancipated minors under age 18 to notify (NOT obtain consent!) a
parent or guardian before obtaining an abortion. There is a
judicial by-pass clause. A public hearing was before the
NH House Judiciary Committee
on Friday, March
7, 2003, 9:30am, in Room 206-208 of the LOB. The
Judiciary Committee
is expected to vote on this bill before MARCH 18, so contact them ASAP!
Soon after the Judiciary votes a recommendation, it will go to the
full NH House, so start e-mailing, writing, and calling on your
legislators to
express your opinion. Focus on the
Judiciary before March 18 please! Thanks!
<this section is out of date: see above>
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LSR-834: Prohibiting partial birth abortions.
WITHDRAWN BY SPONSOR, Rep. Elbert Bicknell
(R-Deerfield), AFTER THE DEADLINE FOR
OTHER PRO-LIFE REPS TO
PROPOSE A SIMILAR BILL.
Editorial Comment:
NH RIGHT TO LIFE, including NHRTL Trustees Rep. Kathy Souza and Rep.
Barbara Hagan, wanted this bill to go in as soon as possible, but other Reps
(not
part of NHRTL) wanted to stall it to "later" for supposed "tactical reasons".
We
reject the reasons for such delay and grow weary of presumed pro-lifers
blocking
or withdrawing pro-actively pro-life bills using one excuse or another.
In particular,
a very small group of individuals called "NH Citizens for Life" worked to
stall this
pro-life bill. Such shenanigans after some 30 years of abortion
on demand is
woefully misguided.
THE INTRIGUE SURROUNDING THIS LSR HAS BEEN COVERED IN
THE UNION LEADER,
AND THESE ARTICLES AFFIRM THE NHRTL
PERSPECTIVE ON THE MATTER. Many thanks to the Union Leader!
E-mail and voice call on your
legislators to
express your opinion. Thanks!
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New Hampshire
House of Representatives
Judiciary Committee |
Arwyn Jackson, Clerk:
271-3184
Room 208, Legis. Office Bldg.
33 North State Street
Concord, NH 03301 |
Chair
Henry P. Mock
majorchip@nh.adelphia.net |
356-5109 |
PO Box 237
Jackson, NH 03846-0237 |
Vice-Chair Robert H. Rowe
No e-mail provided |
673-2693 |
18 Jones Rd; PO Box 1117
Amherst, NH 03031-1117 |
Alf E. Jacobson
aledja@tds.net |
526-6654 |
PO Box 188
New London, NH 03257-0188 |
Nancy M. Ford
nmford56@aol.com |
882-6563 |
56 Raymond St
Nashua, NH 03064-1925 |
Terri C. Dudley
terrog@innevi.com |
298-8056 |
38 Dana St
West Lebanon, NH 03784-1425 |
Tony F. Soltani
munilaw@metrocast.net |
736-9653 |
1073 Highland Dr
Epsom, NH 03234-4409 |
Phyllis L. Woods
parishoner@aol.com |
749-2177 |
1 Barry St
Dover, NH 03820-2417 |
Thomas E P. Rice
No e-mail provided |
528-6349 |
PO Box 1006
Laconia, NH 03247-1006 |
Kathleen F. Souza
No e-mail provided |
645-6131 |
628 Belmont St
Manchester, NH 03104-5167 |
Vivian J. Desmarais
vivianjd@earthlink.net |
641-5142 |
257 Gray St
Manchester, NH 03103-2808 |
Harry M. Haytayan Jr.
harryh@pneutek.com |
881-5293 |
PO Box 961
Hollis, NH 03049-0961 |
Maureen C. Mooney
maureen.mooney@leg.state.nh.us |
578-4890 |
PO Box 1676
Merrimack, NH 03054-1676 |
Richard W. Morris
rwmorris2003@cs.com |
682-4622 |
PO Box 644
Seabrook Beach, NH 03874-0644 |
Gregory M. Sorg
gregorysorg@aol.com |
823-8856 |
129 Gibson Rd
Franconia, NH 03580-5603 |
James E. Wheeler
honorablejames@netscape.net |
672-6062 |
523 Mason Rd
Milford, NH 03055-3241 |
Janet G. Wall
janet.wall@leg.state.nh.us |
749-3051 |
4 Pudding Hill Rd
Madbury, NH 03820-7001 |
John Pratt
jpratt8369@aol.com |
756-9528 |
PO Box 726
Walpole, NH 03608-0726 |
James W. Craig
jcraig48@aol.com |
623-5599 |
84 Bay St
Manchester, NH 03104-3306 |
Bette R. Lasky
brl1647@aol.com |
888-5557 |
15 Masefield Rd
Nashua, NH 03062-2517 |
Frances D. Potter
No e-mail provided |
225-3399 |
38 Little Pond Rd
Concord, NH 03301-3007 |
Peter E. Franklin
peter.franklin@leg.state.nh.us |
863-1923 |
PO Box 411
Newport, NH 03773-0411 |
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