{"id":246465,"date":"2021-06-05T12:22:26","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T17:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=246465"},"modified":"2021-06-04T22:02:43","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T03:02:43","slug":"illinois-bill-end-parental-notification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/illinois-bill-end-parental-notification\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois legislators fail to vote on pro-abortion bill to end parental notification"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Illinois legislative session ended<\/a> on May 31 without bringing to vote a bill aimed at repealing the state’s parental notification requirement for minors seeking an abortion.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, House and Senate lawmakers introduced House Bill 1797<\/a> and Senate Bill 2091<\/a>, in hopes of repealing the 1995 state law requiring girls under the age of 18 to notify their parents at least 48 hours prior to having an abortion. Exceptions to the law include minors who have been victims of physical or sexual abuse or neglect by an adult family member. Another exception is a “judicial bypass” which allows a minor to obtain a court waiver if she proves she is mature enough to make an abortion decision on her own — meaning she isn’t mature enough to vote but can decide to have a life-ending, life-altering procedure that comes with many physical<\/a> and mental health<\/a> risks.<\/p>\n

The parental notification law also doesn’t apply if the minor is accompanied to the abortion by an adult family member. That could be a parent, grandparent, stepparent, or legal guardian — which would be a complete disservice to the girl if the person who brings her to the abortion is her abuser<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Neither bill made it to the floor<\/a> in the House or Senate as they were stalled in committees, but there is a chance the bills could be brought back during a special session this summer on emergency legislation.<\/p>\n

Live Action’s Aiding Abusers investigation shone a light on exactly why parental notification laws for abortion are necessary. Undercover video shows abortion workers aiding undercover investigators posing as sex traffickers. Abortion staff advised these “sexual abusers” on how to secure abortions<\/a> for underage girls and skirt mandatory reporting laws. A Planned Parenthood worker in Bronx, New York told the undercover investigators that in order to make it appear as if they were the girls’ guardians they could “say that you just take care of them, you support them.”<\/p>\n

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