SPRINGFIELD – While other industries are either moving out of Illinois or choosing to downsize rather than expand, Illinois – already the least restrictive state on the abortion industry – will soon be allowed at least 10 new policies that will encourage abortions with SB 25 becoming law.
At the same time, Midwestern states surrounding Illinois like Missouri and Indiana are restricting abortions once the babies' heartbeat is detected, or at eight weeks.
The Illinois Right to Life released a list of 10 ways Illinois' abortion industry will thrive with SB 25 becoming law.
SB 25:
1) Creates a fundamental right to abortion.
2) Re-defines “fetal viability” and “health of the patient”.
3) Jeopardizes enforcement of the Parental Notice of Abortion Act.
4) Would effectively eliminate licensing and health and safety inspections of abortion clinics.
5) Forces all private insurance companies to cover abortion with no exception for churches, synagogues, mosques, and other religious institutions to get insurance plans that do not pay for abortions.
6) Would allow non-physicians (advanced practice registered nurses) to do chemical/medical abortions like the dangerous RU-486 for the first time in Illinois.
7) Removes language with requirements for physicians if babies are born alive in abortion.
8) Removes any independent rights of a fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus under the laws of this Act.
9) Removes the law prohibiting “referral fees” or kickbacks for abortion referrals.
10) Removes the requirement for county coroners to investigate a “maternal or fetal death due to abortion”
More details at their website: Illinois Right to Life
