Tag Archives: Granite City
ACLU & Hope Abortion Clinic Target Illinois Parental-Notification Law
The ACLU has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Dr. Allison Cowett and Hope Clinic for Women Ltd. to stop Illinois’ parental notification law from taking effect on Nov. 3, 2009. This law requires that minor girls under the age of 18 notify their parents prior to an abortion and wait 48 hours. Note that this is merely a parentalnotification law– not a parental consent law. In addition, Illinois, like all 34 other states that have parental notification laws, has a judicial bypass option available to girls. In addition, girls can bypass parental notification in an emergency situation or …
Granite City Pregnancy Center Stands Against False Hope as True Beacon of Hope
Written by Lisa Sergent, Director, Communications & Assist. Editor –Illinois Baptist State Association
Nearly 1.4 million abortions have been performed every year since the United States Supreme Court made abortion legal 35 years ago. Today, there are five clinics in Illinois providing abortions, ending the lives of 46,467 infants in 2006 alone. At least 87 pregnancy care centers are located around the state with the mission of showing women abortion is not the answer.
Granite City, Ill. is home to one of the abortion providers – Hope Clinic, the only clinic in a ten state radius where women can …
