The "Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act" would impose an impossibly complex patchwork of parental-involvement laws on women and doctors across the country with the goal to curb young women’s access to private, confidential health services.  It would prohibit anyone other than a parent, including a grandparent, aunt, adult sibling, or religious counselor, from accompanying a young woman across state lines for an abortion if the home state’s parental-involvement law has not been met. 

The bill proposes a variety of new mandates on women, families, and doctors. Among other things: 

(1) The bill forces doctors to learn and enforce 49 other states’ laws, under the threat of fines and prison sentences. 
(2) In many cases, CIANA forces young women to comply with two states’ parental-involvement mandates. 
(3) In some cases CIANA requires a doctor to notify a young woman’s parents in another state before abortion services can be provided. 
(4) In some cases, even if a parent travels with his or her daughter to obtain abortion care, the doctor must still give “notice” to the parent and wait 24 hours before providing the care.  

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