The state cannot chose one viewpoint over another. That is the very thing that the first amendment to the constitution forbids. Federal Judge Permanently Blocks Illinois Law Targeting Pro-Life Pregnancy Counseling | ZeroHedge
Pro-Life viewpoints were labeled "deceptive business practices."
On Aug. 4, Judge Johnston called SB1909, the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Businesses Practices Act, “both stupid and very likely unconstitutional,” when he signed a preliminary injunction halting its enforcement.
He now has permanently banned the law.
SB 1909 exempts abortion facilities and their speech, while exclusively regulating pro-life organizations and their speech, in flagrant violation of the First Amendment.
This law is just one of a number of illegal new laws enacted across the country that restrict pro-life speech. We hope this permanent injunction, with full attorney’s fees, serves as a warning to other states that would seek to follow Illinois and try to silence pro-life viewpoints. [Peter Breen, executive vice president of the Thomas More Society, which represented the plaintiffs.]
When did the West turn its back on freedom? Free Speech is the cornerstone of the Enlightenment, which is why it is called out in the first amendment.
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