Far-Left Dem Gov­er­nor Pritzk­er Gets Sued For Demand­ing Chris­tians Pay For Abor­tions

Gov. J.B. Pritzk­er, the far-left bil­lion­aire gov­er­nor of Illi­nois, is being tak­en to court over his schemes that force state res­i­dents to make the choice between pay­ing for abor­tions or going with­out health insur­ance entire­ly.

The case has been brought by the Thomas More Soci­ety on behalf of Stu­dents for Life of Amer­i­ca, Mid­west Bible Church, Pro-Life Action League, Right to Life, Clapham School, DuPage Pre­ci­sion Prod­ucts and a list of indi­vid­u­als.

“For Chris­tians and many oth­er pro-life advo­cates, Illi­nois’ abor­tion-cov­er­age man­date is fun­da­men­tal­ly opposed to their reli­gious beliefs and runs roughshod over their con­sti­tu­tion­al­ly pro­tect­ed con­science rights,” explained Peter Breen, of the Thomas More Soci­ety.

“Gov. J.B. Pritzk­er and his admin­is­tra­tion are on an uncom­pro­mis­ing cam­paign to trans­form the Land of Lin­coln into the nation’s abor­tion cap­i­tal. In doing so, they have shown lit­tle-to-no regard for the rights of those who believe that all human life is worth pro­tect­ing. We are proud to rep­re­sent this coali­tion of clients in chal­leng­ing this uncon­scionable man­date. There’s no rea­son for pro-life indi­vid­u­als and orga­ni­za­tions to be denied the option to choose an insur­ance pol­i­cy that exempts them from cov­er­ing oth­ers’ elec­tive abor­tions.”

The prob­lem fac­ing the gov­er­nor is that the case alleges he is vio­lat­ing the U.S. Con­sti­tu­tion is his abor­tion pro­mo­tion.

The fil­ing in U.S. dis­trict court in Illi­nois explains Pritzker’s plan “requires health-insur­ance poli­cies to cov­er elec­tive abor­tions on the same terms as they cov­er preg­nan­cy-relat­ed ben­e­fits. It also requires health-insur­ance poli­cies to cov­er abor­tion-induc­ing drugs, and it for­bids insur­ers to impose any cost-shar­ing arrange­ments such as co-pays or deductibles on this cov­er­age.”

“These abor­tion-induc­ing drugs must be pro­vid­ed free of charge to any ben­e­fi­cia­ry who demands them, and they are paid for entire­ly by pre­mi­ums charged to oth­er ben­e­fi­cia­ries. These com­pul­so­ry abor­tion-cov­er­age laws pro­vide no excep­tions or accom­mo­da­tions for employ­ers or indi­vid­u­als who object to abor­tion on reli­gious or moral grounds, not even for church­es,” the fil­ing states.

“As a result, Illi­nois res­i­dents who oppose abor­tion have no way of obtain­ing state-reg­u­lat­ed health insur­ance that excludes abor­tion cov­er­age, forc­ing many of them to choose between pay­ing for oth­er people’s elec­tive abor­tions with their pre­mi­ums or for­go­ing health insur­ance entire­ly.”

The Thomas More Soci­ety fil­ing states, “Illinois’s com­pul­so­ry abor­tion-cov­er­age laws abridge the free exer­cise of reli­gion and oth­er con­sti­tu­tion­al rights secured by the First and Four­teenth Amend­ments. They also vio­late numer­ous fed­er­al statutes…”

In an announce­ment about the launch of the case, the Thomas More Soci­ety explained, “The com­plaint asks the court to block state offi­cials from enforc­ing these abor­tion-cov­er­age man­dates, which vio­late the free exer­cise and expres­sive asso­ci­a­tion rights guar­an­teed by the First Amend­ment, as well as numer­ous fed­er­al statutes.”

Kris­tan Hawkins, pres­i­dent of Stu­dents for Life of Amer­i­ca, not­ed, “If bil­lion­aire Gov. J.B. Pritzk­er wants to pay for abor­tions in his state out of the gen­eros­i­ty of his heart, that can be his choice. Instead, Pritzk­er and state offi­cials have manip­u­lat­ed and sup­port­ed a law to force all Illi­nois res­i­dents to cov­er his choice of abor­tion for them.

“In fact, when spend­ing his mon­ey in the elec­tion, it was to get more rad­i­cal abor­tion poli­cies in place, to demand oth­ers to pay for abor­tion. Stu­dents for Life of America’s team mem­bers and sup­port­ers in Illi­nois should not be forced to vio­late our con­sciences just because the abor­tion lob­by and its cheer­lead­ers like the gov­er­nor have moved from ‘choice’ to coer­cion.”

The case seeks to have enforce­ment of the abor­tion pay­ments through insur­ance be void­ed and a dec­la­ra­tion that such a scheme vio­lates the U.S. Con­sti­tu­tion.

The fil­ing charges, “The defen­dants’ enforce­ment of Illinois’s com­pul­so­ry abor­tion-law cov­er age laws vio­lates the each of the plain­tiffs’ con­sti­tu­tion­al right to freely exer­cise their reli­gion.”

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