has the highest abortion rate per capita in the !!

46% of Delaware abortions are performed on girls and women from out of state. Over 3,000 girls and women cross state lines each year—and we believe that many, if not most, of them are young girls seeking to evade pa- rental consent laws in their home state of Pennsylvania.

Common Sense Help us to pass a parental consent for abortion law in Delaware to protect our own daughters and to stop the flow of minor girls from PA.

Common Ground The vast majority of Delawareans support a parental consent law for our state. Even 60% of the people who say that they are “strongly pro-choice” support paren- tal consent laws for Delaware. Parental consent is an area of true common ground between both sides of the abortion debate.

Delaware has the weakest parental notification bill in the 50 states. It applies only to girls 15 and under, and it allows even these young girls to bypass their parents by talking to a mental-health professional. A Rose and a Prayer is working with Rep. Greg Lavelle to amend Call your Representative this weak bill with a parental consent bill—HB 80. today to ask him or her It’s only natural, no matter where you stand on the abortion issue, to want to help your daughter if she is to vote YES on HB 80. pregnant.

Please act today Finally, if you have not yet called your Representative in Dover to ask him or her to support HB 80, please call your Rep. at home this weekend. Go to votesmart.com to find out who your Representative is. See the reverse side for contact information and important facts to share with him or her.

www.aroseandaprayer.org Parental Consent for Abortion— Common Sense, Common Ground!

What to Say to Your Legislators About Why HB 80 Could Prevent Over 3,000 House District Home Work E-mail Address 1 (D) Dennis P. Williams 764-1812 577-8476 [email protected] Abortions Each Year 2 (D) Stephanie T. Bolden 428-1269 577-8476 [email protected] in Delaware 3 (D) Helene M. Keeley 655-7071 577-8476 [email protected] 4 (D) Gerald L. Brady 655-1373 577-8476 [email protected] When you talk to your 5 (D) Melanie L. George 832-1956 577-8474 [email protected] legislator, be polite and don’t 6 (D) Debra J. Heffernan 762-3478 744-4351 [email protected] threaten. Following are some 7 (D) Bryon H. Short 475-2252 744-4351 [email protected] points you may wish to 8 (D) S. Quinton Johnson 378-2681 577-8476 [email protected] make: 9 (D) Rebecca Walker not listed 744-4351 [email protected] 10 (D) Dennis E. Williams 373-0115 577-8476 [email protected] • Delaware has the highest 11 (R) Gregory F. Lavelle 478-6128 577-8475 [email protected]. per capita abortion rate in 12 (R) Deborah D. Hudson 651-9571 577-8723 [email protected] the country. 13 (D) John L. Mitchell, Jr. 995-1803 577-8342 [email protected] 14 (D) Peter C. Schwartzkopf 227-6252 744-4351 [email protected] • 46% of the girls and 15 (D) Valerie J. Longhurst 836-3717 577-8476 [email protected] women having abor- 16 (D) James Johnson 322-3521 577-8476 [email protected] tions here are from other 17 (D) Michael P. Mulrooney 322-1249 577-8476 [email protected] states—states with strong 18 (D) Michael A. Barbieri 420-6564 577-8476 [email protected] parental consent laws— 19 (D) Robert F. Gilligan 999-8722 577-8476 [email protected] that’s over 3,000 abortions 20 (R) Nick T. Manolakos 239-3943 577-8723 [email protected] a year from out of state. 21 (R) 737-7529 577-8187 [email protected] • African-American women 22 (R) Joseph E. Miro 454-1840 577-8723 [email protected] are victimized by abortion 23 (D) Teresa L. Schooley 454-8322 577-8342 [email protected] at three times the rate of 24 (D) Edward S. Osienski 292-8903 577-8476 [email protected] white women. 25 (D) John A. Kowalko, Jr. 737-2396 577-8342 [email protected] 26 (D) John J. Viola 832-2209 577-8453 [email protected] • A strong parental consent 27 (D) Earl G. Jaques, Jr. 834-9231 577-8187 [email protected] law in Delaware could cut 28 (D) William J. Carson, Jr. 653-8642 744-4351 [email protected] the number of abortions 29 (R) Lincoln D. Willis 659-3436 744-4171 [email protected] here by 3,000 or more— 30 (R) William R. Outten 398-3816 744-4171 [email protected] almost half. 31 (D) Darryl M. Scott 735-1781 744-4351 [email protected] 32 (D) E. Bradford Bennett 697-8110 744-4351 [email protected] Delaware has the weakest 33 (R) Harold J. Peterman 335-4261 744-4171 [email protected] parental notification bill in 34 (R) Donald A. Blakey 697-6723 744-4171 [email protected] the 50 states. It applies only 35 (R) David L. Wilson 422-9270 744-4171 [email protected] to girls 15 and under, and it 36 (R) Harvey R. Kenton 422-6155 744-4171 [email protected] allows these young girls to 37 (R) 856-2772 744-4171 [email protected] bypass even caring parents 38 (R) Gerald W. Hocker 539-4140 744-4171 [email protected] by talking to a mental-health 39 (R) Daniel B. Short 628-5222 744-4171 [email protected] professional. We are amend- 40 (R) Clifford “Biff” Lee 875-5119 744-4351 [email protected] ing this weak bill with HB 80. 41 (D) John C. Atkins 934-1587 744-4351 [email protected]