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 According to an article Wednesday in the Naperville Sun, Senger sponsored a bill that would require abortion clinics to be retrofitted to resemble outpatient surgery centers, meaning equipment such as defibrillators and ventilators would be required and hallway and parking lot dimensions would change. By a 13-0 vote, before a packed room of

John Knight, LGBT program director for ACLU Illinois said he was "thrilled" by the bill's failure, adding that its passage would have narrowed the pool of potential placements for many children awaiting adoption in the state. The bill, he argued, was unconstitutional. "I think you have to look carefully at the bill to understand the potential harm involved by allowing religious adoption agencies to discriminate on the basis of their own religion," Knight said. "The bill is written to talk about how the children's best i

The ACLU of Illinois submitted testimony to the House Judiciary Criminal Law Committee regarding House Bills 1519 and 1738 (Amendment 2) which would reinstate the death penalty in Illinois:

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Executive Director Colleen Connell submitted written testimony to the House Agriculture Committee on Tuesday in opposition to House Bill 3156. She writes:

Abortion-rights activists attended the Committee vote wearing shirts and buttons saying, "Women are not livestock." Colleen Connell, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Illinois, clarified, "The voters of Illinois do not endorse this radical agenda. Voters recently rejected a gubernatorial candidate with a solid, anti-abortion record because they want the state's leadership to focus on fixing the budget and creating jobs." Read the whole thing! Missed the fun in Springfield? Join us Wednesday, March 23rd for a rally in Naperville, home of the chief sponsor of the anti-abortion legislation.

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