Illinois Abortion Laws

Battle Over Illinois Ultrasound Bill Rages On

Posted 03.22.2012

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One of two abortion-related bills that flew through the Illinois House's Agriculture Committee last month picked up a slew of amendments before passin...

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Another State Mulling Controversial Ultrasound Legislation

Posted 02.28.2012

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A piece of legislation similar to a controversial Virginia bill requiring women to undergo an ultrasound at least 24 hours before having an abortion a...

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Abortion Bills OKed By Agriculture Committee

Posted 02.25.2012

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Two contentious pieces of abortion-related legislation being pushed by pro-life lawmakers this week in Illinois sailed through the state's Agriculture...

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Is Illinois Abortion Notification Law Constitutional? Court To Decide

Posted 08.17.2011

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Though the Illinois law requiring a teenage girl's parents be notified before she has an abortion passed in 1995, it has thus far gone completely unen...

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Parental Notification Teen Abortion Law On Hold Until New Year

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 05.25.2011

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An lllinois law requiring doctors to tell the parents of teen-aged patients' before performing an abortion won't come into effect this year....

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Teen Abortion Law In Limbo After New Delay

Chicago Tribune | Sara Olkon | Posted 05.25.2011

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The fate of a law that would require physicians in Illinois to notify a parent or guardian when a girl 17 or younger seeks an abortion remained in lim...

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Teen Abortion Law Takes Effect This Week

Chicago Tribune | Sara Olkon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Physicians in Illinois this week must begin notifying a parent or guardian when a girl 17 or younger seeks an abortion -- a rule abortion opponents lo...

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Group Urges State Supreme Court To Rescind Delay Of Parental Notification Law

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Illinois Supreme Court is being asked to make sure regulators are holding doctors immediately accountable for notifying unmarried girls' parents b...

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Doctors Get Grace Period For Violating Newly-Enforced Abortion Law

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO (AP) -- The state of Illinois is giving doctors a 90-day grace period for violations of a law on abortion that went into effect this week. Th...

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Illinois Abortion Notification Law Revived By Court

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO (AP) -- A federal appeals court breathed new life on Tuesday into a long-dormant Illinois law that requires teen girls to notify their parents...

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