Senator Sally Turner reacts to passage of pro-abortion legislation targeting pregnancy resource centers

 

[March 31, 2023] 

State Senator Sally Turner (R-Beason) released the following statement on Senate Bill 1909, which provides the Illinois Attorney General broad authority to target non-abortion-providing pregnancy centers with so-called deceptive practices:

“Senate Bill 1909 unfairly targets privately-funded pregnancy resources centers that do not provide abortion procedures. The Illinois Attorney General has admitted that he already has the authority under consumer protections laws to go after deceptive practices and fraud committed by both these centers as well as centers that provide abortions.

“If he already has the authority to do this, why does he and the Majority Party need specific legislation to go after only non-abortion providing centers? Unfortunately, the answer appears very simple: they want to force their own beliefs regarding abortions upon all Illinoisans and shutdown or silence anyone who disagrees.”

[Marcus J. Durrett
Illinois Senate Republican Staff
Communications and Public Affairs]