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Chicago on the Radar<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

April Leachman<\/p>\n

After the Supreme Court legalized abortion in Roe v. Wade<\/em> in 1973, federal legislation was passed to represent the interests of doctors and other healthcare workers who have religious or moral objections to the controversial procedure. \u00a0These “right-of-conscience” laws \u00a0provide a measure of protection for medical personnel who do not want to perform abortions or offer abortion referrals.<\/p>\n

In Illinois, all that changed on January 1 of this year, when \u00a0Governor Bruce Rauner’s amendment to the legislation officially took effect, requiring clinicians, regardless of their moral convictions, to inform pregnant women \u00a0about “all their options,” including abortion.<\/p>\n

Healthcare entities must at least provide women with abortion referrals.\u00a0\u00a0 There seems to be some concern that patients are not being apprised of all the courses of action they can pursue when they find themselves in a crisis pregnancy.<\/p>\n

Two Christian pregnancy centers– 1st Way Pregnancy Support Services (McHenry County) and Pregnancy Aid South Suburbs (Lansing)– and a physician who serves patients at various clinics, have since filed suit<\/a>\u00a0in opposition\u00a0to the enactment.\u00a0 Plaintiffs point out that the Illinois legislation is a clear violation of federal law. \u00a0Furthermore, it tramples on clinicians’ First Amendment Rights, requiring providers to inform patients about a procedure that they believe is morally wrong. . . [Full Text<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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