C.__A medical emergency exists such that the pregnant minor's life is in danger if the abortion is not performed sooner than allowable under this section or section 1600-C.

2.__Presumed unemancipated.__For purposes of prosecutions for a violation of this section, it is a rebuttable presumption that a woman who is unmarried and under 18 years of age is unemancipated.

§1600-B.__Coercion prohibited

A parent or any other person may not coerce a minor to have an abortion performed or induced.__If a minor is denied financial support by the minor's parents due to the minor's refusal to have an abortion, the minor is deemed emancipated for the purposes of eligibility for public-assistance benefits, except that those benefits may not be used to obtain an abortion.

§1600-C.__Documentation; notice

If section 1600-A, subsection 1, paragraphs B and C do not apply and if the parent cannot be reached in person or by telephone after a reasonable effort, a physician may not perform or induce an abortion without giving at least 48 hours' constructive notice to one of the minor's parents by both certified and ordinary mail sent to the last known address of the parent.__The 48-hour period begins when the certified mail notice is received and signed for by the parent.__If a parent of the pregnant minor is not reached within a 48-hour period, the abortion may be performed or induced even if the certified mail notice is not received.

If a parent who has been notified expresses clearly and unequivocally a decision not to consult with the pregnant minor before the pregnant minor's abortion, then the abortion may be performed or induced without any further waiting period.

SUMMARY

This bill requires parental notification before an abortion is performed or induced on a pregnant minor. There is an exception for a medical emergency in which the pregnant minor's life is in danger. The bill provides a definition of "counselor" that ensures that the counselor has no affiliation with an