{"id":198827,"date":"2019-03-21T07:57:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T12:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=198827"},"modified":"2019-03-21T12:59:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T17:59:17","slug":"thousands-illinois-capitol-protest-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/thousands-illinois-capitol-protest-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands flood Illinois Capitol to protest extreme pro-abortion bills"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Wednesday, more than 4,000 pro-life citizens gathered in the Illinois Capitol Rotunda to protest two radical pro-abortion bills currently pending in the Legislature. According to the Illinois Family Institute<\/a>, the pro-life demonstrators filled the rotunda to capacity, prompting the fire marshal to close the Capitol doors. Attendees, many carrying signs reading \u201cProtect Life,\u201d filled the rotunda and, after the Capitol was at capacity, formed a long line outside the building.<\/p>\n

As previously reported<\/a> by Live Action, HB 2495 is a radical proposal that would remove all legal protections for the preborn making abortion legal up to and potentially even during birth<\/em> as the bill would repeal the partial-birth abortion ban. Additionally, the pro-abortion bill would remove virtually all conscience protections for pro-life health care workers, allow for infanticide following a botched abortion, and allow people who are not doctors or even nurses to commit abortions.<\/p>\n