Parental Notification Back on California Ballot

The Sacramento Bee provides an overview of Proposition 4, which would require parental notification and a 48-hour waiting period for minors seeking an abortion. An opinion piece by Catherine Short, an attorney and co-author of Prop. 4, urges voters to approve the parental-notification measure, while an opinion piece by Cheryl Rollings -- president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties -- recommends that voters reject it.

• "2008 Ballot Watch: Proposition 4: Abortion Notification" (Sacramento Bee, 10/18).
• "Proposition 4: Safety Before Ideology" (Short, Ventura County Star, 10/19).
• "Proposition 4: Vote No a Third Time" (Rollings, Ventura County Star, 10/19).