The Illinois parental notification law for abortions on underage children is back in court.
The law passed in 1995 has been tossed around by the courts in one fashion or another since implementation of the statute was blocked -- that is, until a federal appeals court recently approved it and ordered its implementation. The lawyers involved remain busy, and Tom Brechja of the Thomas More Society explains the situation further. "Now the ACLU has run into court again, and they're asking that the law be stopped by a state court on the basis that our state constitution creates its own right of abortion," Brechja reports. "This is something that's never been claimed...since that constitution was written in 1970, three years before Roe v. Wade." Brechja is representing some states attorneys who are tired of the legal wrangling and want the law enforced. Because of the heavy influence Planned Parenthood has on politics in Illinois, Brechja tells OneNewsNow that state officials have proven they will not take the right side. "When we are in court, the attorney general and the ACLU act sometimes like they're each playing a singing role in a duet," notes the attorney.
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