HB 1797 and SB 2190 Empower Sexual Predators Against Young Girls

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• Repealing parental notification allows older men and sex traffickers to use abortion to conceal evidence of their sexual abuse of minor girls.​

• 32% of teen mothers ages 15-17 are impregnated by men older than 20. (National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy)

• The current Illinois Parental Notice of Abortion Act already provides procedures for girls in extenuating circumstances to obtain an abortion without an adult family member being notified: (1) a judicial waiver for those not wishing to inform their parents and (2) a blanket waiver for minors who attest to being abused 

• There is overwhelming public support for commonsense parental involvement laws like Illinois’. Every state bordering IL requires notification or consent.

• In Illinois, a nurse can't give a minor an aspirin, nor can a girl get her ears pierced, without the permission (not just notification) of a parent or guardian. 

• Parents who don’t know about a daughter's abortion are unable to provide appropriate aftercare, such as extra support, counseling, and ensuring she is not at school or another public place when the fetus is passed during a non-surgical abortion.

• All of the states bordering Illinois also have parental involvement laws. 

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Girls' Health First Takes a Stand Against The Repeal of the Illinois Parental Notice of Abortion Act

Teens and parents need to talk. But sometimes a teen in a crisis may not go to the person who can best provide emotional, financial and spiritual support - a parent or legal guardian. Or worse, an abusive adult tries to prevent the teen from speaking to her parent or guardian in order to cover up their own wrongdoing.

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That's why Illinois has the commonsense Parental Notice of Abortion Law - to protect Illinois girls and help parents support their kids through tough times.

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The Illinois Parental Notice of Abortion law requires a parent or legal guardian to be notified before an abortion is performed on a minor (age 17 and under).

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Unfortunately, wealthy special interest groups wish to repeal this essential safeguard for Illinois girls. HB 1797 and SB 2190 have been introduced in the IL General Assembly to do just that. They claim that notice to a parent or guardian is too burdensome, but notice is legally required for a minor to use an indoor tanning bed, get a body piercing, go on a field trip, or get an aspirin from the school nurse.

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Girls' Health First is a group of concerned women and girls. We stand united in our support to defeat these harmful bills and keep Parental Notice to protect vulnerable girls. 

Did you know? The average age of entry into sex trafficking is 13.

Girls deserve EVERY safeguard against abuse that society can offer.

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