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Associated Press - November 4, 2009 1:44 PM ET
CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago-based anti-abortion law group says it's heartened by today's vote by a state board that clears the way for enforcement of Illinois' abortion notification law.
Peter Breen is executive director of the Thomas Moore Society. Breen says the Illinois law is "moderate" and "common sense." It requires physicians to notify the parents or guardians of girls 17 or younger before the teens get abortions.
The state's Medical Disciplinary Board voted today not to extend the grace period the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation put in place. A spokeswoman says that means the law goes into effect immediately.
Meanwhile, the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois plans to ask for a temporary restraining order to keep the state from enforcing the law.
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