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Abortion-rights advocates push to repeal Illinois parental notification law for minors


SPRINGFIELD — Emily Werth says she has seen young people go through scary and stress-inducing court hearings so they can get an abortion without having to involve their parents.
The minors routinely express relief after the hearings, in which local judges almost always approve requested waivers of Illinois parental notification law for minors seeking abortions, according to Werth, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois.
There s just an immense amount of anxiety created by having to go through this process, said Werth, who has represented minors in the Chicago area, as well as a handful every year in Sangamon County and other central Illinois counties. They re relieved to be through it and be able to do what is best for them. ....

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