(IL Medical Disciplinary) Board: State can begin enforcing parental notification law

[sabra]

Source: Chicago Trib

The Illinois Medical Disciplinary Board decided this morning that the state can begin enforcing a law requiring parents or guardians to be notified when those 17 and younger seek abortions.

But the American Civil Liberties Union will be in court this afternoon trying to block the law on grounds it is unconstitutional.
The law was to go into effect Tuesday, but late last week the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation said it would delay enforcement until its disciplinary board could meet.

The agency had previously granted a 90-day grace period in August after a federal appeals court in Chicago lifted an injunction on the 1995 law. The state agency said it wanted to make sure a judicial waiver process is accessible to all young women and girls.

A provision allows patients to bypass parental notification by going before a judge. Lawyers for the ACLU have raised questions about whether courts in some jurisdictions, mainly rural areas, are prepared for the waiver process.

Read more: http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/11/abortion-foe...

[OneAngryDemocrat]

1. The 4th Amendment?

''The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.''

[OneAngryDemocrat]

2. The 14th Amendment?

''All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.''

[OneAngryDemocrat]

3. If a minor has the legal right to choose to have an abortion...

If a minor has the legal right to choose to have an abortion, what right does Illinois have to notify that person's right to do so without government interference?

[groundloop]

4. IS a minor able to get an abortion without parental consent??

Just asking. A minor child has to have a signed permission slip to be given aspirin.

[LynnTheDem]

5. Well that'll be a boon for the metal coathanger manufacturers!

And the back alley abortionists.