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Legislative Update – Call Your Representatives!

Posted by on April 29, 2011 at 4:36 pm

SB 1619 Comprehensive Sex Education The sponsor, Senator Heather Steans (D-7) got a deadline extension of May 4 for this legislation.  We are very close to garnering the 30 votes needed to pass it out of the Senate.  We cannot wait to generate calls, emails, and faxes tostate senators asking them to vote YES on SB 1619. Illinois [...]

Illinois Judge Says Pharmacists Can Refuse To Dispense Morning-After Pill

Posted by on April 13, 2011 at 12:36 pm

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 [...]