State court revives teen abortion law
1995 act was on hold because of legal wrangling
By Michael Higgins and Bonnie Miller Rubin
Tribune staff reporters
Published September 19, 2006

In a victory for those seeking stricter limits on abortion, the Illinois Supreme Court decided Monday to revive a long-dormant state law that prohibits minors from obtaining abortions without notifying a parent.

The General Assembly passed the law in 1995, but it never went into effect because the state Supreme Court refused to issue rules to govern how minors could seek waivers in special circumstances.

Without those rules, the Parental Notice of Abortion Act was unenforceable, a federal judge ruled in 1996.

But on Monday, the state Supreme Court--which has only one of seven members remaining from 1995--issued a one-sentence announcement saying it would issue the needed rules. the rest