{"id":6161,"date":"2015-05-07T00:11:11","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T07:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6161"},"modified":"2018-03-07T10:59:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T18:59:14","slug":"opposition-mounting-against-right-of-conscience-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6161","title":{"rendered":"Opposition Mounting Against &#8220;Right of Conscience&#8221; Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Alton Daily News, WBGZ radio<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">John Gregory<\/p>\n<p>Anti-abortion groups are marshaling opposition to a bill which would amend the state&#8217;s <em>Health Care Right of Conscience Act<\/em>.\u00a0 The bill to amend the law would require medical providers to provide information and referrals on treatment options they don&#8217;t provide based on personal beliefs, like abortion. State Rep. Ron Sandack (R-Downers Grove) labels the bill as activism disguised as legislation.\u00a0 &#8220;This is simply an intrusion on people of faith, people of conviction, and the Right of Conscience (Act), no one&#8217;s told me how it&#8217;s not working,&#8221; Sandack said. 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State Rep. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6161\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Opposition Mounting Against &#8220;Right of Conscience&#8221; Act&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,643,9,760,28],"tags":[109,3243,191,2012],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-6161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-christianity-catholicism","category-news","category-proposed-laws","category-usa","tag-catholic-medical-association-usa","tag-health-care-right-of-conscience-act-illinois","tag-illinois","tag-mindy-swank"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Opposition Mounting Against &quot;Right of Conscience&quot; Act - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6161\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Opposition Mounting Against &quot;Right of Conscience&quot; Act - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alton Daily News, WBGZ radio John Gregory Anti-abortion groups are marshaling opposition to a bill which would amend the state&#8217;s Health Care Right of Conscience Act.\u00a0 The bill to amend the law would require medical providers to provide information and referrals on treatment options they don&#8217;t provide based on personal beliefs, like abortion. 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