In a surprising overturn of a 6-year Illinois state rule that required pharmacists to dispense emergency contraception, Sangamon County Circuit Court Judge John Belz ruled last week on Tuesday, April 5th that the pharmacists were protected by the Illinois Healthcare Right of Conscience Act and the First Amendment of the Constitution when they refuse to [...]
Please call IL state senators NOW: 217-782-3944 Windy City Times reports: “An amendment to a proposed bill in the Illinois Senate states that “a child welfare agency that is religiously based or owned by, operated by, or affiliated with a bona fide religious organization may decline an adoption or foster family home application … from [...]
ILLINOIS NOW ACTION ALERT: Tell Senate Executive Committee to VOTE NO on Senate Amendment 1 to SB 1123! Senate Bill 1123 Amendment 1 by Senator Koehler amends the Civil Union Act to allow religiously affiliated child welfare agencies to discriminate against parties to a civil union and to refer the parties to a civil union to DCFS for information concerning non-discriminatory child welfare [...]