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American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois
Statement of Colleen K. Connell, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois
October 4th, 2008
Noting that an unimplanted, fertilized egg is not a "human being" for purposes of a wrongful death action, the Illinois Appellate Court today reversed a 2005 decision by a Cook County Judge. This is good news for women and families across Illinois. The errant ruling - if left to stand - might have unnecessarily limited the ability of women of Illinois to access contraceptive services and pre-implanted genetic testing; moreover, the decision might have curbed the ability of couples in our state to use reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization in starting a family. The Appellate Court properly noted that the Illinois law cited by the Cook County Judge was...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-10-04)
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