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Associated PressThe Illinois Appellate Court has sent a never-enforced law requiring a girl's guardians to be notified before she has an abortion back to the circuit court for trial.
The ruling Friday reverses a decision by the Cook County Circuit Court, which had lifted a restraining order on the law but allowed time for appeals before it could be enforced.
The law requires doctors to notify the guardians of a girl 17 years old or younger 48 hours before the girl gets an abortion. Girls can bypass parental notification by going to a judge.
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chibrknews-court-orders-trial-for-abortionnotification-law-20110617,0,918729.story
I found this story from the Washington Independent "
Illinois parental notification abortion law continues to go unenforced as lawsuit moves forward" which expands:
In 2009, the Hope Clinic for Women, Ltd., in Granite City, Ill., sued members of the Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation and the state Medical Disciplinary Board, claiming the law causes serious and irreversible harm to teens and violates the Illinois Constitution. The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois represented the cased, which was initially dismissed by the Cook County Circuit Court. But the Illinois Appellate Court’s ruling (PDF) on Friday forces the case back to the Circuit Court for a trial, while the remains under injunction and continues to go unenforced.
“Most young women seek the advice of a parent or a close relative when deciding how to deal with an unplanned pregnancy,” said Lorie A. Chaiten, director of the ACLU of Illinois Reproductive Rights Project in a statement. “Young women who do not tell their parents about their pregnancy or desire to have an abortion, have good reasons, including fear for their personal safety.”
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