Illinois Abortion Laws

Parental Notification Teen Abortion Law On Hold Until New Year

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 11.20.2009 | Chicago


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

Teen Abortion Law In Limbo After New Delay

Chicago Tribune | Sara Olkon | Posted 11.02.2009 | Chicago


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...

Teen Abortion Law Goes Into Operation This Week

Chicago Tribune | Sara Olkon | Posted 11.02.2009 | Chicago


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...

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

AP | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago


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

Doctors Get Grace Period For Violating Newly-Enforced Abortion Law

AP | Posted 09.05.2009 | Chicago


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...

Illinois Abortion Notification Law Revived By Court

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 08.14.2009 | Chicago


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...