Springfield, IL-(Vandalia Radio)- Wednesday marked the repeal of parental notification of underage abortion in Illinois, and each side of the argument is making their position known.
The 1995 law didn’t go into effect until 2013 after litigation. Last year, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the repeal, which took effect June 1, 2022. At a campaign stop in East St. Louis Wednesday, he promised to keep abortion legal in Illinois, even for girls without their parents being notified.
March For Life Chicago Director Kevin Grillot said the repeal of parental notification takes the rights of parents away and makes Illinois an outlier.
In 2020, the Illinois Department of Public Health reports 1,180 girls under the age of 18 had a pregnancy terminated. Of those, 88 were younger than 15.
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