A well known and well liked pro-life hero in Illinois, Peter Breen leads the Thomas More Society’s Legal Team in service of its Life, Family, and Religious Liberty missions.
Peter recently testified in front of an Illinois House committee to highlight the legal and practical flaws of SB 1909 – a bill designed to punish traditional Christian beliefs about the sanctity of human life at pregnancy resource centers (PRCs) throughout Illinois. SB 1909 allows the Attorney General to investigate any PRC and levy fines up to $50,000 against any PRC that the he/she “believes” is engaging in deceptive practices.
People of faith believe that human life begins at conception but liberal politicians like our Attorney General disagree. SB 1909 gives him/her authority to prosecute people with these pro-life views.
Make no mistake, this is an infringement on the First Amendment rights of those who work and/or volunteer at PRCs and want to save preborn babies and minister to women facing unplanned pregnancies. Specifically, this quashes our right to freely exercise our religiously informed views about what abortion does to mother and baby. These beliefs are shared by the vast majority of orthodox Christians, Jews and Muslims.
The state has no business regulating speech it doesn’t like. Yet tyrants at the Illinois State Capitol and Governor Pritzker are willing to use the heavy hand of government to quash dissenting views, including ministries to women and the pre-born.
Tomas More Society plans to sue the state of Illinois. Please pray for their success.
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