11.   Backers of legislation requiring doctors to notify a parent or guardian before performing an abortion on a minor tend to pitch it as a simple bill about parental rights.

12.   Both cases raise questions of accountability and parental rights, some experts say.

13.   Both parties fight it out in a court case that overlaps into the issues of abortion and parental rights.

14.   A bill that would have given DSHS more leverage with neglectful parents failed to pass the Senate last month amid concerns that it might tread on parental rights.

15.   A third will be the subject of court proceedings on termination of parental rights in March, Neff said.

16.   A termination of parental rights case is pending.

17.   Abortion opponents say the bill would reinforce parental rights and ensure that parents are involved, thereby decreasing the likelihood of abortions.

18.   All report that juries tend to sever parental rights more often than judges.

19.   But a hearing is scheduled for late October to sever his parental rights.

20.   But in this case, the child has only one legally recognized biological parent, the mother, and she is not giving up her parental rights.