(Chicago, IL) -- Thomas More Society officials say they're "disappointed" by a Chicago-area judge to put Illinois' Parental Notification Bill on hold. The law, which was supposed to go into effect November 4th, required doctors to tell parents or guardians that their child 17 or younger planned to get an abortion.

Society spokesperson Peter Breen says the law passes both the state and federal Constitutional.  "we are the only state in the midwest or even the southeastern United States, so in the entire middle of the country, that does not have a parental involvement law, whether notice or consent," Breen said.   He also says parents and kids should talk to each other before a decision on an abortion is made.

But ACLU lawyers claimed the bill violated the Illinois Constitution, which already lets minors make a variety of decisions when it comes to pregnancies which don't require parental involvement. A preliminary hearing on the case is scheduled for sometime in the future.