Governor Bruce Rauner signed Senate Bill 1564 that revises the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act to mandate pro-life medical providers in the state to participate in abortions.

Effective Jan. 1, 2017, the law will require pro-life medical professionals, including nonprofit pregnancy counseling centers, to go against their sincerely held religious beliefs by referring patients for abortions and counseling them on what the legislation calls the “benefits” of abortion. Those personnel who choose not to perform abortions or prescribe birth control must “refer the patient” to another provider, “transfer the patient” to another provider or provide a list of “other health care providers who they reasonably believe may offer the health care service.”

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