Stephen Freind, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Stephen Freind

American politician

Date of Birth: 22-Apr-1944

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Stephen F.
Freind (born April 22, 1944) is an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 166th district from 1976 until 1993.
He unsuccessfully challenged Arlen Specter in the 1992 Republican primary election.
He was most notable for authoring a law that was presented as a tort reform measure but was actually designed to restrict abortion rights, that included "requirements that a married woman notify her husband, that there be a 24-hour wait before any abortion, and that doctors show patients a pamphlet with pictures of developing fetuses".
It was mostly upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States except for the spousal notification provision in the case of Planned Parenthood v.
Casey.In 1988, Freind provoked controversy by claiming that it is 'almost impossible' for a woman to become pregnant through rape, as it causes her to 'secrete a certain secretion, which has a tendency to kill sperm'.In 1984, a bill drafted by Freind was enacted into law that changed the way adults who were adopted as children access their original birth certificates.
This became Act 195 of 1984 or Adoption Act of 1984.
This act is a lesser-known component of Freind's abortion agenda.
Freind was convinced that denying adult adoptees access to their original birth certificates would lower abortion rates.
As of 2012, 44 states allow adult adoptees equal access to their original birth certificates.