Reps. Emanuel Chris Welch of Hillside and Kelly Cassidy of Chicago speak in 2019 at a rally for the Reproductive Health Act at the Illinois State Capitol. The lawmakers are sponsoring a bill to repeal the state s Parental Notice of Abortion act. CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS FILE PHOTO
SPRINGFIELD â Some Democratic lawmakers want to repeal an abortion law that requires girls under the age of 18 who are seeking an abortion to notify their parents at least 48 hours before the procedure, with some exceptions.
Under the current law, the notice requirement doesnât apply if a minor is accompanied by an adult family member, such as a parent, grandparent, stepparent or legal guardian, or if an adult family member waives the notice in writing.
“If this year has taught us anything, it’s that the biggest threats posed to our country really aren t foreign armies,” Murphy said in a statement. “This is why it’s so mind-boggling that our Defense Department budget continues to increase by tens of billions of dollars each year, while funding for other vital national security agencies has remained flat.”
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Congress funded the State Department through 2021 with an estimated $61 billion, an increase of 6.6 percent from the previous year, according to a report from the Congressional Research Service.
The lawmakers are proposing increasing the State Department budget to $68.7 billion for 2022, compared to the amount appropriated in 2020, $56.6 billion, according to a budget plan.
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