1. Patient Confidentiality: Would you support a statutory requirement that parents must consent for a minor to obtain an abortion, when the current law already requires parents to be involved through a notification process?

Answer: No. What I do support is prevention of teenage pregnancy through education of teenagers of both sexes to: increase their understanding of the impact fathering/mothering a child will have on their future and to open up different vision of their future---one with possibilities for growth and the opportunity to take pleasure in a child when they are ready for the responsibility.

We know that early intervention programs show a decrease in teen pregnancy. We should act on what we know and commit ourselves to prevention.

2. Health Insurance Coverage: Would you support a requirement that health insurance plans include coverage for prescription contraceptives, where insurers are presently only required to make it available to plans?

Answer: Yes.

3. Regulation of Medicial Practice: Would you support laws that would require a level of regulation to medical practices offering abortions that is above that required of practices performing other kinds of medical procedures?

Answer: No.

Nancy O'Brien (electronic mail, November 5, 2001)