Action Alert: Parental Notice: Call your State’s Attorney TODAY!!!
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Students for Life of Illinois
Mar 10, 2008, 2:01:59 PM3/10/08
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SPECIAL TIME-SENSITIVE REQUEST
Call Your State's Attorney TODAY and ask him to "Please Intervene to Protect Our Parental Notice Law"!
He must act THIS WEEK!
In 1995, with bipartisan support, the Illinois Legislature passed and Governor Jim Edgar signed a Parental Notice Law. That Law was immediately enjoined in the federal court in Chicago, because the Illinois Supreme Court was required to allow a judicial bypass of the notice requirement under certain limited circumstances. The Supreme Court finally issued the rules for judicial bypass 11 years later, in 2006, as requested by the federal court. However, instead of letting the Law go into effect, Judge David Coar recently refused to lift the federal court injunction.
The good news: A "Motion to Reconsider" can be filed with the court to ask the court to change its decision immediately. While we hope that the court will grant this motion, if it doesn't, a strong appeal can then be made.
You see, the court made its decision based not on parental notice, but on consent, an entirely different matter. The Court stated that: "The statute is contradictory and incomplete on its face without an authorization of consent provision." However, the Parental Notice Law only requires notice for an abortion. And, both the Parental Notice Law itself and another Illinois statute provide the consent provision required by the court.
Currently, the only two people who can make the Motion to Reconsider—and who can file an appeal on YOUR behalf—are our Attorney General, Lisa Madigan, and the Cook County State's Attorney, Richard Devine. Ms. Madigan's office has said that it is "still looking at appropriate next steps" but has not made a commitment to fight this decision.
More good news: Any of the 101 other State's Attorneys in Illinois can make the commitment to fight this decision. Any State's Attorney may "intervene" to join the lawsuit, file a Motion to Reconsider, and if necessary, appeal this mistaken decision.
The not-so-good news: Those State's Attorneys need to act by THIS THURSDAY!
Our State's Attorneys need to hear loudly and clearly that you care about our Parental Notice Law—and that you want them to intervene to defend that law. We urge you to call your Illinois State's Attorney today, and urge your family and friends to do the same.
Our Illinois daughters are being taken every day for secret abortions, and they need your help. Call now and ask our State's Attorneys to "Please intervene to protect our Parental Notice Law!"
Local State's Attorneys:
Michael Waller, Lake County, 847-377-3000
Joe Birkett, DuPage County, 630-407-8000
John Barsanti, Kane County, 630-232-3500
James Glasgow, Will County, 815-727-8453
Ed Deters, Effingham County, 217-347-7741
Julia Rietz, Champaign County, 217-384-3733
Ron Matekaitis, Dekalb County, 815-895-7164
Can you, your friends, and your neighbors call today? Our daughters need parental permission to receive an aspirin at school—how can they be taken for an abortion without even notifying their parents? Please call today!
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Thank you for taking the time to make an impact on this vital issue!
--
John-Paul C. Deddens
President
Students for Life of Illinois
P.O. Box 2001
Champaign, IL 61825-2001
www.SFLillinois.org
ded...@sflillinois.org
Call Your State's Attorney TODAY and ask him to "Please Intervene to Protect Our Parental Notice Law"!
He must act THIS WEEK!
In 1995, with bipartisan support, the Illinois Legislature passed and Governor Jim Edgar signed a Parental Notice Law. That Law was immediately enjoined in the federal court in Chicago, because the Illinois Supreme Court was required to allow a judicial bypass of the notice requirement under certain limited circumstances. The Supreme Court finally issued the rules for judicial bypass 11 years later, in 2006, as requested by the federal court. However, instead of letting the Law go into effect, Judge David Coar recently refused to lift the federal court injunction.
The good news: A "Motion to Reconsider" can be filed with the court to ask the court to change its decision immediately. While we hope that the court will grant this motion, if it doesn't, a strong appeal can then be made.
You see, the court made its decision based not on parental notice, but on consent, an entirely different matter. The Court stated that: "The statute is contradictory and incomplete on its face without an authorization of consent provision." However, the Parental Notice Law only requires notice for an abortion. And, both the Parental Notice Law itself and another Illinois statute provide the consent provision required by the court.
Currently, the only two people who can make the Motion to Reconsider—and who can file an appeal on YOUR behalf—are our Attorney General, Lisa Madigan, and the Cook County State's Attorney, Richard Devine. Ms. Madigan's office has said that it is "still looking at appropriate next steps" but has not made a commitment to fight this decision.
More good news: Any of the 101 other State's Attorneys in Illinois can make the commitment to fight this decision. Any State's Attorney may "intervene" to join the lawsuit, file a Motion to Reconsider, and if necessary, appeal this mistaken decision.
The not-so-good news: Those State's Attorneys need to act by THIS THURSDAY!
Our State's Attorneys need to hear loudly and clearly that you care about our Parental Notice Law—and that you want them to intervene to defend that law. We urge you to call your Illinois State's Attorney today, and urge your family and friends to do the same.
Our Illinois daughters are being taken every day for secret abortions, and they need your help. Call now and ask our State's Attorneys to "Please intervene to protect our Parental Notice Law!"
Local State's Attorneys:
Michael Waller, Lake County, 847-377-3000
Joe Birkett, DuPage County, 630-407-8000
John Barsanti, Kane County, 630-232-3500
James Glasgow, Will County, 815-727-8453
Ed Deters, Effingham County, 217-347-7741
Julia Rietz, Champaign County, 217-384-3733
Ron Matekaitis, Dekalb County, 815-895-7164
Can you, your friends, and your neighbors call today? Our daughters need parental permission to receive an aspirin at school—how can they be taken for an abortion without even notifying their parents? Please call today!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thank you for taking the time to make an impact on this vital issue!
--
John-Paul C. Deddens
President
Students for Life of Illinois
P.O. Box 2001
Champaign, IL 61825-2001
www.SFLillinois.org
ded...@sflillinois.org
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