A push to give parents affirmative rights to information about their children — a legislative priority for Gov. Kelly Ayotte — cleared both House and Senate Thursday in two identical bills.

In a key concession, however, Republican leaders in both chambers agreed to remove a section requiring that parents give consent for all health care services provided to their children.

Planned Parenthood of Northern New England and other advocates of legal abortion argued that section would have been in conflict with federal law that permits teens to gain access to birth control without parental permission.

The Senate-passed bill ( SB 72 ) won approval in the House largely on a party line vote of 214-167.

The vote to support changes the Senate made to the House bill ( HB 10 ) was 210-160.

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