Groups sue over Illinois and Vermont laws targeting limited-service pregnancy centers. An Illinois measure signed into law last week subjects crisis pregnancy centers to penalties and fines if they employ "unfair or deceptive acts or practices" to entice people in or to dissuade women from using emergency contraception or getting abortions.
The law (S.B. 1909) is being pushed as a fraud deterrence measure. But opponents fear that it will "chill and silence pro-life speech under the guise of 'consumer protection,'" as Peter Breen, executive vice president and head of litigation for the Thomas More Society, said in a statement.
