{"id":94996,"date":"2016-05-26T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=94996"},"modified":"2016-05-27T18:21:12","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T22:21:12","slug":"breaking-illinois-bill-forcing-pro-lifers-refer-abortion-sent-governors-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/breaking-illinois-bill-forcing-pro-lifers-refer-abortion-sent-governors-desk\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois bill forcing pro-lifers to refer for abortion sent to governor\u2019s desk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Illinois came one step closer to forcing its pro-life medical community to choose between violating state law and violating conscience Wednesday, as the state\u2019s House approved Senate Bill 1564 and set the legislation on the governor\u2019s desk.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, which would introduce decisive changes to Illinois\u2019 Health Care Right of Conscience Act, passed by a 61-54 margin and now awaits the signature of Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Originally put forward in the summer of 2015, the legislation would require pro-life medical providers, including 51 Illinois nonprofit pregnancy centers offering free services including ultrasound and STI testing, to take action the bill\u2019s opponents say amounts to participating in an abortion.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.illinois.gov\/gov\/contactus\/Pages\/VoiceAnOpinion.aspxhttp:\/www.illinois.gov\/gov\/contactus\/Pages\/VoiceAnOpinion.aspx\">[CONTACT ILLINOIS GOV. RAUNER AND URGE A VETO ON SB 1564]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Particularly at issue is the bill\u2019s requirement that every Illinois pro-life medical provider of any kind who chooses not to perform a procedure such as abortion or a prescription for birth control has one of three options: Either they must \u201crefer the patient\u201d to another provider, \u201ctransfer the patient\u201d to another provider, or provide a list of \u201cother health care providers who they reasonably believe may offer the health care service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One way or another, the law would compel pro-life medical providers in Illinois to participate in abortions.<\/p>\n<p>Stripping pro-life medical providers of their freedom to hold to life-affirming beliefs and refuse to participate in abortion would have a far-reaching effect on Illinois women, Matt Bowman, senior legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Amendment takes away the rights of Illinois women to be treated by a pro-life doctor, because it would force medical facilities and physicians who conscientiously object to performing abortions (and other procedures) to refer for, make arrangements for someone else to perform, or arrange referral information that lists willing providers, for abortions,\u201d Bowman said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy violating the pro-life principles of pro-life physicians and medical organizations, the Amendment would deprive Illinois women of their choice of a medical provider that does not refer for arrange for abortions in any way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bowman, who urged the pro-life community to contact Gov. Rauner\u2019s office immediately (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.illinois.gov\/gov\/contactus\/Pages\/VoiceAnOpinion.aspxhttp:\/www.illinois.gov\/gov\/contactus\/Pages\/VoiceAnOpinion.aspx\">click here to contact Gov. Rauner<\/a><\/strong>) and ask him to veto the legislation, has helped spearhead the opposition to SB 1564 since 2015, drafting a letter to the state Senate, in which he stated ADF\u2019s intention to oppose the law in court, if needed.<\/p>\n<p>Co-signatories on the letter included pregnancy help organization affiliate organizations Heartbeat International and Care Net, as well as American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, six Illinois physicians\u2014four of whom are OB\/GYNs\u2014and 11 Illinois pregnancy medical centers.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s vote in the Illinois House comes just two days after Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2016\/05\/24\/los-angeles-threatens-pregnancy-centers-trying-to-force-them-to-promote-abortions\/\">vowed to enforce California\u2019s so-called \u201cReproductive FACT Act,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>which Bowman and ADF are currently scheduled to challenge at a June 14 hearing in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.illinois.gov\/gov\/contactus\/Pages\/VoiceAnOpinion.aspxhttp:\/www.illinois.gov\/gov\/contactus\/Pages\/VoiceAnOpinion.aspx\">[CONTACT ILLINOIS GOV. RAUNER AND URGE A VETO ON SB 1564]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re seeing a renewed sense of vigor and vitriol directed at life-affirming professionals, practices and pregnancy centers,\u201d Jor-El Godsey, president of Heartbeat International, said. \u201cNo woman should ever be compelled by her state to consider abortion as her only option in an unexpected pregnancy, and that is exactly who will suffer because of this legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While pregnancy help organizations counsel clients and patients on\u00a0such facts as\u00a0the\u00a0baby&#8217;s development, and the physical and psychological dangers\u00a0of abortion, the proposed legislation&#8217;s inclusion of a requirement to counsel on the &#8220;benefits&#8221; of abortion has also raised concern among pro-life opponents to the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Although the\u00a0bill\u00a0requires pro-life healthcare providers and organizations to participate in abortion, it does not include stipulations that healthcare professionals, institutions,\u00a0or organizations counsel patients on alternatives to abortion\u00a0such as\u00a0parenting or placing for adoption.<\/p>\n<p>Similar\u00a0government-sponsored speech for pregnancy centers has been struck down as unconstitutional in Austin (TX), Baltimore and Montgomery County (MD) and New York City.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: <a href=\"https:\/\/pregnancyhelpnews.com\/breaking-illinois-bill-forcing-pro-lifers-to-refer-for-abortion-sent-to-governor-s-desk\">This article<\/a> was first published at <a href=\"https:\/\/pregnancyhelpnews.com\/\">Pregnancy Help News<\/a> on May 25, 2016, and is reprinted here with permission. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/pregnancyhelpnews.com\/get-our-newsletter\">subscribe to Pregnancy Help News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pregnancyhelpnews.com\/get-our-newsletter\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois came one step closer to forcing its pro-life medical community to choose between violating state law and violating conscience Wednesday, as the state\u2019s House approved Senate Bill 1564 and set the legislation on the governor\u2019s desk. 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