{"id":158016,"date":"2016-12-08T14:36:55","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T19:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=158016"},"modified":"2016-12-12T21:07:54","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T02:07:54","slug":"pro-lifers-challenge-li-law-compelling-abortion-endorsement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-lifers-challenge-li-law-compelling-abortion-endorsement\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-lifers challenge Illinois law compelling abortion endorsement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Pregnancy Help News<\/a>) The free speech and religious liberty rights of Illinoisans are in the hands of Judge Eugene Doherty of the 17th Judicial Circuit Court of Northern Illinois, after Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) senior counsel Matt Bowman pled his case Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Telling the courtroom<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>the case \u201cdeserves more attention than the time available to me,” Doherty said he expected to announce his decision on Bowman\u2019s motion for a preliminary injunction by no later than a status hearing Dec. 28.<\/p>\n

Bowman\u2019s motion, filed on behalf of three pregnancy help organizations and a pro-life physician, is one of two simultaneous challenges the state\u2019s gutting of its Healthcare Right of Conscience Act.<\/p>\n

If left standing, the act would force pro-life medical professionals\u2014including as many as 130 nonprofit pregnancy help locations\u2014to refer patients directly to abortion businesses and counsel patients as to what the legislation calls the \u201cbenefits\u201d of abortions.<\/p>\n

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