Democrats seek changes to abortion bill (AP)

WASHINGTON - Confidants like grandparents or ministers who help pregnant teens should be protected from prosecution under a bill headed for Senate passage that would punish anyone who takes girls across state lines to end their pregnancies, Democrats said Tuesday. "We should not criminalize the grandparents or clergy members to whom a teen in trouble might turn for help," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein ( news , bio , voting record ), D-Calif., who plans to introduce an amendment to protect such confidants ...