What are the rules for a judicial bypass in Illinois? ?

[April]

[Betsy]

This information is from the ACLU-Illinois website:

Under the federal constitution, a governmental body can only mandate
notification or consent if it also creates an alternative mechanism for waiver of the
requirement. Where the young woman can demonstrate that she meets either of the
following, she must be permitted to go forward with her abortion with out the mandated
notification or consent:
• If the minor is mature and well-enough informed to make the abortion decision on
her own, she must be allowed to do so – the state cannot force her parents into the
decision-making process. Such “mature minors” have the same constitutional
right to make their own abortion decision as an adult does.
• If notifying her adult family is not in her best interests, she cannot be forced to do
so and must be permitted to go forward with her abortion without forced parental
involvement.
If a minor proves to the court that she falls into one of these two categories, she can
obtain an order from the court waiving the requirement that her adult family member be
informed of her abortion.

If you are a young woman with concerns or questions about the “parental notification”
requirement, if you need information about the judicial bypass process, or if you want
free legal representation in your judicial bypass hearing, please contact us:
• call us toll free at 877/44-BYPASS (877/442-9727)
• call or text us at 312/560-6607
• email us at judicialbypass@aclu-il.org
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