(720 ILCS 510/) Illinois Abortion Law of 1975 - Diabetes and Stem Cell Research in Illinois

(720 ILCS 510/12.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 81‑32.1)
Sec. 12.1. Nothing in this Act shall prohibit the use of any tissues or cells obtained from a dead fetus or dead premature infant whose death did not result from an induced abortion, for therapeutic purposes or scientific, research, or laboratory experimentation, provided that the written consent to such use is obtained from one of the parents of such fetus or infant.
(Source: P.A. 81‑884.)

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