A federal judge has blocked a new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illinois" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Illinois</a> law that targets crisis pregnancy centers in the state, saying that it violates the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/first-amendment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">First Amendment</a>. 
The bill that was signed into law last week by Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/j-b-pritzker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">J.B. Pritzker</a> (D-IL) allows the state’s attorney general to investigate a case of alleged consumer fraud against crisis pregnancy centers accused of deceptive practices, but it has raised concerns that it would be used to target pro-life centers that suggest <a href="https://www.liveaction.org/news/research-really-shows-abortions-physical-risks/">an association</a> between abortion and breast cancer or infertility.
&#8220;The bill is painfully and blatantly a violation of the First Amendment,&#8221; U.S. District Judge Iain Johnston <a href="https://www.pontiacdailyleader.com/story/news/local/2023/08/04/anti-abortionists-celebrate-halting-of-illinois-pregnancy-centers-law/70525909007/#:~:text=Injunction%20halts%20Illinois'%20new%20law%20aimed%20at%20ending%20pregnancy%20center%20deceptive%20practices&amp;text=%22The%20bill%20is%20painfully%20and,in%20federal%20court%20in%20Rockford." target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Thursday. 
&#8220;There&#8217;s no doubt who the Attorney General wants to win or lose in the market place of ideas, but the government doesn&#8217;t get to decide that,&#8221; Johnston, a Trump-appointee, added. &#8220;The people do.&#8221;
Almost immediately after the law was enacted, the Thomas More Society, a conservative law firm that fights in defense of religious liberty and free speech, filed a suit challenging the law. 
“Free Speech won today in the Land of Lincoln — pro-life advocates across Illinois can breathe a sigh of relief they won’t be pursued for ‘misinformation’ by Attorney General Kwame Raoul,” Peter Breen, the executive vice president and head of litigation for the Thomas More Society, <a href="https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/news/thomas-more-societys-peter-breen-responds-to-federal-court-victory-protecting-pro-life-pregnancy-centers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> after the judge&#8217;s ruling.
The suit was filed on behalf of the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, Women’s Pregnancy Services, Rockford Family Initiative, Relevant Pregnancy Options Center, and the Pro-Life Action League.
“Across the nation, pregnancy help ministries are being discriminated against by laws that target their life-affirming work,” said Breen. “The injunction granted today sends a strong, clear message to the country that the First Amendment protects pro-life speech.”
Centers found guilty of alleged &#8220;misinformation, deceptive practices, or misrepresentation&#8221; could have faced $50,000 in fines if found guilty. 
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Pritzker <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2023/08/04/illinois-law-crisis-pregnancy-centers-blocked/fe3d6e66-32f9-11ee-85dd-5c3c97d6acda_story.html#:~:text=The%20bill%20was%20championed%20by,consumer%20fraud%20in%20such%20cases." target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he believes that the law will ultimately take effect and keep women in the state from accessing so-called “misinformation.”
“I’m disappointed that the far-right is interfering with the ability for women to access safe medical care without deception or lies,” he said. “This law is constitutional and I am confident that the law will ultimately be found constitutional and we’ll continue to work alongside Attorney General Raoul to ensure Illinois patients are protected from misinformation.”
Vermont has instituted a similar law taking aim at pro-life pregnancy centers, a law that is also being challenged in court. 

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