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92_HB0690

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning abortions.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The Illinois Abortion Law of 1975 is amended
 5    by adding Section 6.5 as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 510/6.5 new)
 7        Sec. 6.5. Minor resident of another state.
 8        (a)  In this Section, "minor" means  a  female  under  18
 9    years of age.
10        (b)  If  (i)  a  minor  who  is  a  resident  of  a state
11    bordering this State comes to this State for the purpose  and
12    with the intention of obtaining an abortion and (ii) there is
13    in  effect  in  that  other  state  a  law requiring parental
14    consent or parental notification before an  abortion  may  be
15    performed  on  the  minor,  then  the minor may not obtain an
16    abortion in this State until there is  compliance  with  that
17    parental consent or parental notification law.
18        (c)  A  minor who is a resident of a state bordering this
19    State, who comes to this State for the purpose and  with  the
20    intention  of  obtaining an abortion without parental consent
21    in order to  avoid  complying  with  a  parental  consent  or
22    parental  notification  law  of  that  other  state,  and who
23    obtains an abortion in this State commits a Class 4 felony.
24        (d) A physician who performs  an  abortion  on  a  minor,
25    knowing  that  the  minor  is a resident of a state bordering
26    this State and has come to this State  for  the  purpose  and
27    with  the intention of obtaining an abortion without parental
28    consent in order to avoid complying with a  parental  consent
29    or  parental  notification law of that other state, commits a
30    Class 4 felony.

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