{"id":316836,"date":"2024-08-09T12:40:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T17:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=316836"},"modified":"2024-08-08T17:52:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T22:52:09","slug":"illinois-governor-three-more-pro-abortion-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/illinois-governor-three-more-pro-abortion-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois governor signs three more pro-abortion bills"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed<\/a> three pro-abortion bills on Wednesday, calling the push to expand abortion in the already pro-abortion state “proactive” against potential pro-life laws. Less than two weeks ago, Pritzker signed a law mandating that both private and taxpayer-funded insurance must fully cover abortions with no co-pays or deductibles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can’t wait around and be reactive when the latest attacks come, the pro-choice majority in this country need to be proactive,\u201d Pritzker said during a signing ceremony. \u201cThe three bills that I am signing today send a single, straightforward message: Illinois will always be a place where women have the freedom to make their own medical decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first bill, HB 5239<\/a>, is a shield law that prohibits Illinois authorities from aiding in an out-of-state investigation into law-breaking abortionists or anyone who aids or abets someone in getting an abortion.<\/p>\n

Next, HB 4867<\/a> says that those seeking abortion or IVF cannot be discriminated against. According to the New York Times<\/a>, “it would be a civil rights violation under the law for an employer to fire an employee because they used IVF, or for a landlord to refuse a renter because the renter had an abortion.”<\/p>\n

Finally, HB 581<\/a> codifies the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), a federal law which abortion supporters say requires medical professionals to commit an abortion in cases of emergency. However, despite the claim that women need life-saving abortions, intentionally and directly killing<\/em> a preborn child in an induced abortion is not the standard of care<\/a> for pregnancy-related emergencies. An early delivery, in which a preborn child is not intentionally killed<\/em>, is not considered an induced abortion \u2014 even if the child dies secondarily as a result of prematurity. HB 581 also allows<\/a> the Department of Health to investigate potential violations for instances where medical professionals do not provide this “standard of care,” and levy fines up to $50,000.<\/p>\n