Ill. Supreme Court unanimously upholds parental consent law
Thursday, Jul 11, 2013
The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Casey Mattox regarding the unanimous decision of the Illinois Supreme Court to dismiss a 17-year old ACLU lawsuit, Hope Clinic v. Flores, against the state’s abortion parental notification law, which will now go into effect in 35 days:
“The well-being of young women is more important than the bottom line of abortionists. All this law has sought to do since 1995 is to uphold the duty and desire of parents to protect their own children rather than allow them to be taken advantage of by others. As the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously found, the law constitutionally encourages ‘an unmarried, pregnant minor to seek the help and advice of a parent or other adult family member in making the very important decision whether or not to bear a child.’ The ACLU kept this law from protecting women for more than 17 years, but that is now over.”
“The well-being of young women is more important than the bottom line of abortionists. All this law has sought to do since 1995 is to uphold the duty and desire of parents to protect their own children rather than allow them to be taken advantage of by others. As the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously found, the law constitutionally encourages ‘an unmarried, pregnant minor to seek the help and advice of a parent or other adult family member in making the very important decision whether or not to bear a child.’ The ACLU kept this law from protecting women for more than 17 years, but that is now over.”
- Friend-of-the-court brief filed by Alliance Defending Freedom and allied attorneys with Mauck & Baker, LLC, of Chicago
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