
Minors Seeking Abortions in Illinois No Longer Need to Notify Their Parents
Pro-life and Catholic organizations decried the repeal of the Parental Notice of Abortion Act as a stripping of protections for minors and unborn children.
Pro-life and Catholic organizations decried the repeal of the Parental Notice of Abortion Act as a stripping of protections for minors and unborn children.
Not only does the repeal endanger children who have abortions and facilitate the murder of children in those abortions, Bishop Paprocki stated, but it also grants “a free pass to sex traffickers” who would enslave women and young girls and force them to have abortions.
Some 72% of Illinois voters said a parent or guardian should be notified if a minor girl is seeking an abortion, according to a survey conducted in March by the Virginia-based Tarrance Group.
According to a survey from the Virginia-based Tarrance Group, Some 72% of Illinois voters said a parent or guardian should be notified if a minor girl is seeking an abortion.
Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, in an interview at the U.S. bishops’ annual spring meeting, warned that after the state legislature passed the Reproductive Health Act, more pro-abortion legislation would be coming including a rollback of parental notifications.
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