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Mar 28, 2011
Oppose DNA collection upon arrest
DNA is different than a simple fingerprint. DNA testing discloses private health information about an individual and can be used to make predictions about that person’s physical and mental health. Employers and insurance companies might in the future use this information in a discriminatory fashion.
Mar 23, 2011
ACLU Protests Bills Designed to Ban Abortion in Illinois
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
Mar 22, 2011
Discriminatory adoption bill narrowly defeated in Illinois Senate
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
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