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Raoul’s decision to permanently halt enforcement of the law came in an agreed order that effectively ends a lawsuit filed by anti-abortion groups within an hour of Gov. J.B. Pritzker
Illinois will not enforce a law that targets the practices of pro-life pregnancy resource centers and seeks to prevent these organizations from engaging in what their critics have claimed are "deceptive practices."
“This law is just one of a number of illegal new laws enacted across the country that restrict pro-life speech."
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The state has agreed to drop enforcement of a law backers said was aimed at deterring deceptive practices by anti-abortion pregnancy centers following a legal challenge by anti-abortion groups. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the measure this summer but it was temporarily blocked shortly afterward by a federal judge who in a scathing opinion called the law “both stupid and very ...
Pro-life pregnancy centers could have been fined up to $50,000 for violating the law.