{"id":7429,"date":"2017-06-28T08:21:38","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T15:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7429"},"modified":"2018-03-04T20:04:56","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T04:04:56","slug":"pro-life-doctor-challenging-illinois-law-that-forces-docs-to-counsel-patients-on-abortion-benefits-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7429","title":{"rendered":"Pro-life Doctor Challenging Illinois Law That Forces Docs to Counsel Patients on Abortion &#8220;Benefits&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>New American<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Raven Clabough<\/p>\n<p>A pro-life doctor in Illinois is embroiled in a legal battle to challenge a 2016 law that requires all doctors, pharmacists, and pregnancy centers to assist women in obtaining abortions, regardless of whether the medical professionals are opposed to the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>SB 1564 narrowly passed the Illinois House on party lines before being signed into law by Republican Governor Bruce Rauner.\u00a0Under the law, which amends the state&#8217;s Health Care Right of Conscience Act, doctors are required to provide information to patients about the &#8220;benefits&#8221; of abortion. It indicates that medical personnel must &#8220;inform a patient of the patient&#8217;s condition, prognosis, legal treatment options, and risks and benefits of the treatment options in a timely manner consistent with current standards of medical practice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The law mandates that physicians who are unwilling to provide the requested service &#8220;because the healthcare service is contrary to the conscience of the healthcare facility, physician, or healthcare personnel&#8221; must refer the patient to someone who will.<\/p>\n<p>But those opposed to abortion contend that asking them to refer patients to someone who will provide them abortion services continues to violate their consciences. . .\u00a0 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/usnews\/constitution\/item\/26361-pro-life-doctor-challenging-illinois-law-that-forces-docs-to-counsel-patients-on-abortion-benefits\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New American Raven Clabough A pro-life doctor in Illinois is embroiled in a legal battle to challenge a 2016 law that requires all doctors, pharmacists, and pregnancy centers to assist women in obtaining abortions, regardless of whether the medical professionals are opposed to the procedure. SB 1564 narrowly passed the Illinois House on party lines &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7429\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pro-life Doctor Challenging Illinois Law That Forces Docs to Counsel Patients on Abortion &#8220;Benefits&#8221;&#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":[46,217,9,28],"tags":[3243,191,293],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-lawsuits","category-news","category-usa","tag-health-care-right-of-conscience-act-illinois","tag-illinois","tag-referral"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Pro-life Doctor Challenging Illinois Law That Forces Docs to Counsel Patients on Abortion &quot;Benefits&quot; - 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=7429\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pro-life Doctor Challenging Illinois Law That Forces Docs to Counsel Patients on Abortion &quot;Benefits&quot; - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New American Raven Clabough A pro-life doctor in Illinois is embroiled in a legal battle to challenge a 2016 law that requires all doctors, pharmacists, and pregnancy centers to assist women in obtaining abortions, regardless of whether the medical professionals are opposed to the procedure. 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