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 ›