How young women in Illinois get abortions without parental notification

By Barbara Brotman - Chicago Tribune:

Inside the Daley Center, and in courthouses across the state, the cases unfold in careful confidentiality.

They are filed anonymously. The petitioner meets with a judge in an empty courtroom or in the judge's chambers; the judge knows her only as Jane Doe. The transcript and court records are sealed.

And at the end of a hearing, the young woman generally hurries home hoping her parents never know where she was.

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