Two Jewish groups decried a bill passed by the U.S. Senate that restricts access to abortion for minors. The measure, passed Wednesday, would punish anyone except a parent who helps a minor obtain a legal abortion outside her home state, unless that state’s parental-involvement law has been met. “The ‘Child Custody Protection Act’ does not protect,” Phyllis Snyder, president of the National Council of Jewish Women, said in a statement. “On the contrary — it endangers and isolates pregnant teenagers, potentially pushing them toward unsafe, illegal alternatives.” The Reform movement also denounced the bill.
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