Children conceived with donor insemination termed illegitimate.

A Federal appeals court will decide the constitutionality of a 1975 Illinois law requiring that women undergoing first trimester abortions certify in writing that they have been informed of the abilities and physical characteristics of their fetuses and that they be informed of all possible hazards and side effects of the procedure. By making that decision, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand the ruling of a lower court that the Illinois law is unconstitutional. The lower court also declared unconstitutional a requirement that third trimester abortions be perfemed only after consultation with 2 independent physicians. The Americans United for Life Legal Defense Fund which tried to appeal these decisions directly to the Supreme Court will await the decision of the high court on the constitutionality of a Massachusetts parental consent law before continuing an appeal for the constitutionality of a similar law in Illinois.