Democrat Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill on Thursday that would target pro-life pregnancy centers by cracking down on so-called “deceptive practices” that dissuade women from women from aborting their unborn babies.
t against Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, seeking to stop him from enforcing the legislation.
Peter Breen, Thomas More Society executive vice president and head of litigation, and a former Illinois State Legislator, said in a statement that the bill is a “blatant attempt to chill and silence pro-life speech under the guise of ‘consumer protection.'” The complaint alleges that the bill, which is a revision to the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act, allows the state to curtail the speech of pro-life organizations by illegally targeting their efforts to “dissuade pregnant [women] from considering abortion care.
Breen further alleged that Freedom of Information Act documents obtained from the state attorney general’s office revealed that “the Attorney General has received zero complaints from members of the public against an Illinois Pregnancy Help Center for alleged violations of the Deceptive Business Practices Act.”
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