Cook County Judge Daniel Riley has lifted a temporary restraining order on the state's controversial abortion notification law that requires doctors to notify the guardians of girls 17 years old or younger 48 hours before an abortion procedure; no parental consent is required for the procedure. The law was actually passed in 1984 and updated in 1995, but that update was placed under a federal injunction which was lifted last summer by the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. The law was slated to go into effect last November, but Judge Riley granted the ACLU's restraining order on the law just hours after The Illinois' Medical Disciplinary Board cleared the law. more ›

The controversial abortion law that requires doctors to notify a girl's parents or guardians before (if the girl is under the age of 17) before performing an abortion has hit another snag. A circuit court judge has decided to extend a current restraining order on the law through the end of the year. According to WBEZ, the judge, "says he's waiting for briefs from both sides before determining whether the law should stand." Though it was set to go into effect almost three weeks ago, the law, with an already tumultuous history dating as far back as 1984 (before being updated in '95), the law continues to be centered in a tug-of-war. more ›

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The Illinois' Medical Disciplinary Board voted this morning to not extend the grace period set on the long-debated abortion notification law that was set to go into effect earlier this week, meaning the law was put into effect immediately. The law requires physicians to notify the parents/guardians of girls 17 years or younger who seek an abortion. [CBS 2] more ›

The abortion notification law that was supposed to take effect tomorrow? It seems it won't start until at least Wednesday. Late Friday, The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation issued another extension on the law's injunction, in place until the state's Medical Disciplinary Board meets on Wednesday at which point they could impose another extension on the injunction or go ahead and call for it's enforcement. [CBS 2] more ›