WASHINGTON - The House voted yesterday to make it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines for an abortion to circumvent parental consent laws.

Opponents said the bill, passed by a 260-161 vote, would hurt vulnerable teen-agers.

The bill now goes to the Democratic-controlled Senate, where approval is doubtful, considering that the House has passed the same measure twice before and it has been ignored by the other chamber.

Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., called the bill "blatantly unconstitutional, and it will not see the light of day because the Senate will not touch it."

The White House supports the measure, saying the bill guards "the rights of parents to be involved in the medical decisions of their minor daughters."

The measure is designed to "safeguard minor girls' physical and emotional health," Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said Tuesday.

Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, the sponsor, said adults routinely transport minors across state lines to avoid parental consent laws. The bill "seeks to protect the health and safety of young girls and a parent's rights to be involved in the medical decisions of a minor daughter," Chabot said.

"Right now, a parent in Charlotte, N.C., must grant permission before the school nurse gives their child an aspirin, but the parent can't prevent a stranger from taking their child out of school and up to Maryland for an abortion," said Rep. Sue Myrick, R-N.C. "It's total nonsense."

Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York said the bill could have "unintended, potentially disastrous consequences." Nadler cited as an example a young girl impregnated by her stepfather and then taken by an adult relative, perhaps a grandparent, to another state for an abortion. That adult relative would face federal time and could be sued, Nadler said.

"This is an absurd and pernicious outcome," Nadler said. "It virtually guarantees that those adults most able to provide the young woman with assistance would be sent to the federal pen."

Gloria Feldt, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said, "Congress must recognize that every family is not a model family and respect teens' efforts to involve trusted adults in their health care decisions."