Campaign strategists for a California abortion-related ballot initiative that would have required health care providers to notify parents or guardians of unmarried minors seeking abortion on Wednesday cited voters' "just say no" attitude, as well as their "fear" that some girls could be at risk if the measure passed, as possible reasons for its failure, the Los Angeles Times reports (Warren, Los Angeles Times, 11/10). California voters in a special election on Tuesday rejected the initiative 52.6% to 47.4%. Known as Proposition 73, the measure also would have changed the legal definition of abortion from a "medical treatment intended to induce the termination of a pregnancy" to a medical treatment that causes the death of "a child conceived but not yet born" (Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy Report, 11/9). Proponents of Proposition 73 said voters might have associated the initiative with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's (R) other propositions on the ballot, which also were voted down, the Los Angeles Times reports. Opponents of the initiative, such as President of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California Kathy Kneer, said they might have received an "environmental bounce from some of these other factors that had nothing to do with [the] campaign." She added that voters "put teen safety first and express[ed] their respect for the constitutional rights of all California women" (Los Angeles Times, 11/10). According to the Sacramento Bee, more voters supported Proposition 73 than the other initiatives on the ballot. Mark DiCamillo, director of Field Poll, said, "Even in this political environment in California, parental notification was embraced in concept" (Hecht, Sacramento Bee, 11/10). Thirty-four states currently require "some parental involvement" in teens' decisions to undergo abortion (Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy Report, 10/17). While proponents of Proposition 73 have indicated they will regroup, some want to focus on other issues, such as restricting Medicaid payments for abortion and implementing conservative rules for sex education, the Times reports (Los Angeles Times, 11/10).