judicial bypass
By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor November 5, 2009 - 1:00pm
An Illinois judge has issued a temporary restraining order delaying enforcement of a law requiring doctors to notify parents of teens who are seeking an abortion. The order was issued in response to a request by the American Civil Liberties Union, and will remain in effect until hearings on why the law should not be put into effect.
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By Soo Ji Min, Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health August 21, 2009 - 7:00am
While parental notification laws are intended to protect young women, they assume that all young women can safely involve their family in the decision to terminate a pregnancy.
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By Amie Newman, Managing Editor November 11, 2008 - 3:22am
Last night the television show Boston Legal attempted to address parental consent laws for abortion. Let me just say that to root a story about abortion on the perspectives of two older men is, well, interesting.
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