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Illinois Passes Bill Forcing Doctors to Refer Patients to Abortionists
Posted On 14 Jun 2016
If Illinois’ SB 1564, passed by both houses of the state congress, is signed into law by the governor, doctors will be required by law to refer patients to abortionists even if they have religious or moral objections to the practice.
As it stands today, Illinois health professionals are not only exempt from providing abortions themselves, they are under no obligation to provide information to their patients that would make it easier for them to seek one from another clinic.
SB 1564 would change that, but it would also run afoul of several laws that prohibit just this type of government intrusion. Under current federal law, state governments risk losing federal funding if they discriminate against doctors who refuse to offer abortions or refuse to refer patients to places that do.
The bill may also violate Illinois’ religious freedom law, which prohibits the state government from burdening any individual’s conscientious beliefs unless there is “compelling government interest” in doing so.
Liberals may argue that the state has such an interest in this case, but that’s a tough pill to swallow. It’s not exactly hard to find abortion information from a source other than your regular physician. If you found him, you can find Planned Parenthood.
That said, leftists certainly have a “compelling interest” in passing legislation like this. They are desperate to take away abortion’s “stigma,” turn it into a plain old healthcare practice like anything else, and put an end to the debate once and for all.
Not only that, but liberals have shown time and again that winning is not enough. They don’t just want their sick agenda legalized, they want to make it illegal to oppose it in any meaningful way. And if that means they have to take a pair of scissors to the Bill of Rights, well, they will gleefully do just that.
Time for the good doctors to leave the state of illi-noise.
Exactly. No health care or very limited care might change enough peoples minds to vote different to get a better result. But there are far too many learning disfunctionals voting there and of course else where. Might take some Nazi type doctors to create a wake-up call.
Time for doctors and other health professionals of conscience to stand up and be counted. Let your feelings by known by your Illinois state congressmen ASAP. Come to think of it, let them know even if you currently do not practice in Illinois, but in another state. Let them know that you are watching and that they will be held accountable for the way that the vote on this issue.
Well if the legislature is stupid enough to pass it, hopefully the FED WILL CUT OFF ALL THEIR FUNDING!
I believe Republican Bruce Rauner is the current governor. Veto anyone?
The govt. is being overly intrusive in the rights of states, rights of citizens, and our inalienable constitutional rights.
What will it take?
DON’T YOU REMEMBER THAT OBAMA SAID THE CONSTITUTION WAS OUT OF DATE
Because it serves his purpose. When he was elected president by a narrow margin, he thought he was now the dictator. And tried to do anything he wanted. Remember how many executive orders he has? Probably more than 2000 now. I cannot wait for his term to be over. I never voted for him and I was proven right.
well that makes two of us. now doesn’t it?
Lock and load! As Chuck Heston once said “from my cold dead hands”.
So they condone murder, no wonder Chicago and most of Illinois is a shoot out place! I would not advise leaving, I would advise fighting back, there are laws on the books against this type of bill, maybe they should pass a bill stating anyone who doesn’t want children., had better use some type of prevention, because there will be no abortionist houses available to them.
Or have their tubes tied or even severed so as not to provide them with a fetus to murder or botch up their lives. And they can have as much sex as they want.
Wonder if it would be possible to hold these lawmakers guilty as accessories to murder? Or, practicing medicine without a ,license? These fools are arrogant, vicious, miserable, Godless people! Won’t they be surprised when they stand in judgment before God Almighty and He says, “Guilty!”
They should stand in front of mankind first to be stopped from doing anything at all.
I have to think because these people have never witnessed a baby being aborted they don’t see it as
murder.Maybe a tour of PPH/or one of the clinics would help change their minds.
The women who believe this will solve their problem(ie baby) have no idea what the rest of their lives will be like.That is one stain that will be impossible to erase.
I hope so. A child is not an inconvenience. It is a blessing. But those who do not want the consequence of having sex should take all precautions not to have the opportunity to murder. Tubal ligation should be their choice.
No good doctor would ever follow this garbage.
Democrats will.
Then they wonder why there is a shortage of Dr. in the US. First high insurance and then government control.
I hope the babies that are killed hunts them!
Abortion: The way a doctor can make a killing!
Just send them ( the lawmakers) to the Chicago ghetto for extinction.
Federal laws were passed for a purpose!
A state dictates its “conscious” to the federal government?
Did Richmond?
Once again we are reminded of how out of touch the Illinois politicians really are. Illinois has so many things wrong with it and on so many levels that businesses , doctors and population are moving out at an alarming rate and yet they have time to illegally butt into our personal business with this with this kind of legislation. How about doing something about all of the murders, crime, corruption and a menu of other things that is strangling this State. Oh, I forgot, doing the right things may offend someone!!!!
Just think of all the depots that Illinois has produced in addition to the two worst ones, Obama and Clinton.
Communism ! This is just the beginning of their very, very evil agenda once the disarm you! You give up your huns and the ruling eliet will show you what evil really is and intrusion will be a by word as you do as they say or Die !
this from the land of OlBluegums. Elect $chittlery and this will be only the very beginning of the erosion of all that is good in this country.
Actually the Bill requires citizens to vote Democrat. Only a Despotic Government would require this Bill. …… Business would be lost if Lawyers solved problems; the Liberal Colleges have gone one step further to increase business.
Next these Despots will require doctors to donate $$$ to Abortionist.
Wow. When Hitler murdered 6 million Jewish men, women and children the world called it the Holocaust. In America, the 56 million innocent babies murdered by P.P. and independent abortionists is called “Pro Choice or Women’s Health Care”. What’s wrong with the world now?
Thank your democrats for that.
Yes, the Demonposessedcrats.
The world is full of hatred and only SELF now. Planned Parenthood? My foot. How about a baby murder mill? Contraception, NOT KILLINGS.
Abortion is Infanticide.
It’s a Child not a Choice!
But at least they’re not “prejudiced” now. EVERYONE gets a chance to be murdered equally!
I know this is a “sick” joke, but, unfortunately, it’s so true.
Abortion =murder.So now Doctors who take an oath to do no harm are required to commit murder in the state of
Illinois? As you sow,so shall you reap Illinois.Though you do not see HIM,He sees all your deeds,and to be sure
as the sun rises and sets there will be a call to answer for these unborn babies.
Ah! More doctors will bail out of the so-called Government Insurance plans.
Don’t worry, PA’s and EMTs will take their place.
I personally know so many docs who have just quit practicing because of Obamacare that more restrictions against their will and the ratio of docs to patients will be a disaster. They have already made enough money, most of them, to just walk away. Maybe somebody should pass a law to get the legislature to just to the work of the people and quit playing GOD.
If the Abortionists,along with the politicians and law makers think that they’ve gotten away with their crimes,they’ll all be in for an unpleasant surprise,when every last one of them appears before the Lord Jesus Christ to face judgement,after they pass away from this life,for their acts of murder!
Looks like Illinois wants to get rid of babies before they grow up to be murdered on the streets of Chicago.
d-mn it gov. rauner! you call yourself a republican??!!! i voted for you!!! how could you betray us??? [weeping].
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Outrageous legislation. This is a clear case of an attack on Christianity.
And human rights. And the right to life.
Time for doctors to leave Illinois and leave citizens’ medical care to their elected leftists idiots. Citizen options include leaving Illinois, voting their elected morons out, or any other more drastic measures they can think of! Illinois is one really MUCKED UP place.
I don’t really understand the purpose of this law. Doctors should not be involved in telling women what to do regarding whether or not to terminate a pregnancy. That’s a very personal choice, and doctors should remain neutral on subjects like that. Illinois is out of control. Instead of focusing on this non-issue, Illinois needs to focus on the escalating homicide rate in Chicago, failing school system, unfunded pension plans, and out of control tax burdens. Why would anyone want to remain in Illinois?
They want to get rid of many of the blacks there.
This is NOT a “FREE” country anymore! The twisting and turning, and also outright disregard for our constitution, has completely set us well on the way down a path that is different from the last 246 years!
Illinois, limiting the population, to make room for the Obama Dreamer Muslims?
Abortion is murder. The morning after pill is a murder weapon and those who participate in abortion are 1st degree murder. As for harvesting baby organs; only barbarians would participate in that heinous crime.
What do you expect from obama country, if I were a doctor and living there, I would move out.