I was surprised that the majority of voters in California voted "No" on the proposition to require parental notification when a minor seeks an abortion. So, I looked at the voting results a little closer and found that just seven counties actually determined the outcome because voters in those counties overwhelmingly voted NO. Those counties are : Alameda, Los Angeles, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara & Sonoma.
The statewide (all 57 counties) margin of victory for the "No" vote on parental notification was 340,604.
The margin of victory for the "No" vote in the seven counties noted above was 647,828.
Here is the detail below which I gathered from the official California secretary of state's website:
Seven Counties:
Voted No 1,663,745
Voted Yes 1,015,917
Margin of Victory 647,828
Statewide:
Voted "No" 3,512,696
Voted "Yes" 3,172,092
Margin of Victory 340,604
I did the math for you - the other fifty counties (excluding the seven) voted "Yes" for parental notification by a margin of 307,224 votes!
I am gonna guess some parts of California would like to secede from the seven counties.
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I'll just never get this. In order to take a friggin' Tylenol at school a student needs a parent OK. But hey -- abortion? Nah.
But I'd agree that measures must be taken to include situations like a dangerously abusive parent and such. Did the CA prop include such? If not maybe that's why it lost?
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