News & Commentary
Mar 30, 2011
House Agriculture Committee AGAIN Legislating on Women's Reproductive Health
Wednesday, 9:30 a.m., Springfield - In an extremely swift hearing this morning, the House Agriculture Committee again passed legislation, sponsored by Representative Senger that regulates provision of women's reproductive health care in Illinois - seeking to regulate abortion out of existence. The committee passed an amendment to HB 2321 (which now replaces HB 3156) that would place unnecessary,discriminatory and burdensome regulations on clinics that provide abortion services.
Mar 28, 2011
Lawsuit Alleges McHenry County Sheriff's Officials Mislabeling Hispanics, Covering it Up
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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.
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