It is almost beyond belief that a child under 18 can have an abortion in this country without notification of parent(s). Unbelievable.

An abortion is surgery. What right does a doctor have to work on someone’s child without a parent’s signature? And who is liable if the child dies on the table or gets maimed in some way?

Two thumbs up to Illinois for making it a requirement that parents be notified prior to a child receiving an abortion. I guess common sense in several other states is not so common:

An Illinois law requiring doctors to give a parent or adult family member at least 48 hours’ advance notice of when a girl under age 18 will abort a pregnancy is constitutional, a U.S. Appeals Court ruled.
A three-judge panel of the Chicago-based court today said that state Supreme Court rules setting up judicial procedures for an expedited bypass hearing satisfy minors’ constitutional rights to the procedure.
“The law provides an exception to notice for such minors, if they establish that they are mature enough to make the decision on their own or that notice is not in their best interests,” U.S. Circuit Judge Richard Cudahy wrote for the court.

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