ILLINOIS; LAW FOR PARENTAL NOTIFICATION ON ABORTION SAVES OVER 500 BABIES FROM ABORTION, ALLEGED NEWS

ILLINOIS; LAW FOR PARENTAL NOTIFICATION ON ABORTION SAVES OVER 500 BABIES FROM ABORTION, ALLEGED NEWS.

20 Years of Legal Battles
After 20 years of legal battles regarding the Illinois Parental Notification Act of 1995, the Law if finally taking effect and saving lives; Alleged News. [1]

  The 1995 Law requires that a parent or guardian be notified at least 48 hours before a girl under the age of 18 has an abortion, Alleged News. [1]
  The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that the Law could stand in 2013 after abortion advocates spent years challenging it in court, Alleged News. [1] and [2]

Major drop in abortion rates
A new report of Illinois abortion data indicates that the Law likely caused a major drop in the abortion rates among minors in 2014, the first full year it took effect.
  In 2014, the abortion rate for minors fell by almost 28 percent, according to data released on December 22nd 2015 by the Illinois Department of Public Health, Alleged News.
  The figure represents more than 500 babies lives who were saved, according to a blog post from The Attorneys at Mauck & Baker; Alleged News. [1] and [3]

In Minors' Best Interests
 "As we argued to the Illinois Supreme Court, minors are best served when they are fully informed and can benefit from their parents wisdom and support," said Richard Baker of Mauck & Baker. "Each young girl is important. Parents are important. And each unborn life is important," Alleged News. [1] and [3]

Six Percent Decrease 
The State Report shows a total of 38,472 abortions in 2014, a decrease of 6 percent, or 2,279 abortions, from 2013; Alleged News.
  The 2014 abortion numbers are the lowest rate in Illinois since Roe V Wade in 1973, according to the attorneys' blog; Alleged News. [1]

Parental Notification Laws
  Parental Notification Laws have been shown to reduce abortions in other states, too. A study by Michael New, PhD, a Professor at the University of Alabama, found that parental involvement laws reduce in-state abortion rates for minors by approximately 15 percent; Alleged News. [1]

[1] Illinois Law for Parental Notification on Abortion Saves Over 500 Unborn Babies From Abortion, Alleged News
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/12/30/illinois-law-for-parental-notification-on-abortion-saves-over-500-unborn-babies-from-abortion/

[2] Illinois Upholds Parental Notification on Abortion after 18-Year Legal Battle, Alleged News
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/11/illinois-upholds-parental-notification-on-abortion-after-18-year-legal-battle/

[3]Mauck & Baker, LLC, Attorneys at Law. For Unto Us, Five Hundred Children Were Born; Alleged News
 http://www.mauckbaker.com/11178/blogentry/entry_id/461379/Parental-Notification-Law-Gives-the-Gift-of-Life-to-Hundreds-of-Children.

With thanks to lifenews.com and mauckbaker.com