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A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of an Illinois law that allows anti-abortion pregnancy centers to be punished if they use deception to interfere with patients seeking the procedure.

“This injunction restores real choice to women facing untimely pregnancy in Illinois — and a chance at life for their unborn children,” Eric Scheidler, executive director of the Pro-Life Action League, said in a statement.

A federal judge in Rockford has temporarily blocked the enforcement of a new law that allows the Illinois attorney general’s office to penalize anti-abortion pregnancy centers if they use deception to interfere with patients seeking the procedure. The ruling stemmed from a lawsuit filed by the conservative Chicago nonprofit law firm the Thomas More Society that contended the measure, signed ...

A federal judge in Rockford has temporarily blocked the enforcement of a new law that allows the Illinois attorney general’s office to penalize anti-abortion pregnancy centers if they use deception

A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of an Illinois law that allows anti-abortion pregnancy centers to be punished if they use deception to interfere with patients seeking the procedure.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of an Illinois law that allows anti-abortion pregnancy centers to be punished if they use deception to interfere with patients seeking the procedure.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of an Illinois law that allows anti-abortion pregnancy centers to be punished if they use deception to interfere with patients seeking the procedure.

A few weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a 19-year-old woman traveled from Memphis to Chicago seeking an abortion. But medical providers at a local clinic told her the procedure would require hospital care due to scarring from a previous cesarean section. The unexpected complication added travel days and lodging costs the patient hadn’t planned for, according to ...

It’s the latest effort by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker to position Illinois as a safe haven for abortion patients and providers.

It’s the latest effort by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker to position Illinois as a safe haven for abortion patients and providers.