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92_HB0690
LRB9206927ARsb
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.