Pro-life group appalled Illinois allowing underage girls to get abortions without parents knowledge
June 5, 2022 | Illinois
As both sides of the abortion debate await a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could overturn Roe v. Wade and return the issue to the states, Illinois lawmakers have moved forward with expanding abortion access for underage girls without parental notification or consent.
A repeal of Illinois’ Parental Notice of Abortion Act went into effect on Wednesday, meaning an underage pregnant girl can now undergo an abortion without her parent or guardians’ knowledge.
The original 1995 law did not go into effect until 2013, after years of litigation. It required girls to notify their parents before having an abortion. However, the notification requirement could be waived if teenagers met privately with a judge and obtained a judicial bypass.
The state House and Senate voted to enact the Youth Health and Safety Act in October, which repealed the parental notification law. In December, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the new act into law, calling it “dangerous” to require girls to inform their parents about their pregnancy, claiming they could face homelessness or abuse…. (Excerpt from The Christian Post)
