Abortion Activists Turn to Legislation to Target Pregnancy Care Centers
<p>INTERVIEW: Pro-abortion forces have moved from physically attacking <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/tag/pregnancy-centers/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pro-life pregnancy care centers</a> to weaponizing legislation against them, according to the Rev. Jim Harden.&nbsp;</p><br><p><br></p><p>In recent months, “we started to see an ebb in the violent attacks against pro-life entities and a rise in potential weaponization of legislation specifically targeting <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/tag/protecting-life/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pro-life activity</a> in the public square, and specifically even more so pregnancy center activity,” says Harden, CEO of the pro-life New York-based organization <a href="https://www.compasscarecommunity.com/about/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CompassCare</a>.</p><br><p><br></p><p>In Illinois for example, <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/04/23/promoting-lawlessness-in-chicago/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gov. J.B. Pritzker</a> signed a bill "specifically giving the attorney general in Illinois the … unfettered ability to define what 'deceptive practices' means and what 'misinformation' means when it comes to the activities and speech of pro-life pregnancy centers,” Harden says. Violating the law “comes with $50,000 fines for each occurrence [of spreading misinformation] as they define it,” Harden said.&nbsp;</p><br><p><br></p><p>Harden joins “<a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Daily Signal Podcast</a>” to explain the ways in which pro-abortion activists are using legislation to target pro-life centers, and to offer advice to these pro-life organizations as to what they can do to protect themselves so they can continue serving the women and babies who need them.&nbsp;</p><br><p><br></p><p>Enjoy the show!</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Show Notes
INTERVIEW: Pro-abortion forces have moved from physically attacking pro-life pregnancy care centers to weaponizing legislation against them, according to the Rev. Jim Harden.
In recent months, “we started to see an ebb in the violent attacks against pro-life entities and a rise in potential weaponization of legislation specifically targeting pro-life activity in the public square, and specifically even more so pregnancy center activity,” says Harden, CEO of the pro-life New York-based organization CompassCare.
In Illinois for example, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill "specifically giving the attorney general in Illinois the … unfettered ability to define what 'deceptive practices' means and what 'misinformation' means when it comes to the activities and speech of pro-life pregnancy centers,” Harden says. Violating the law “comes with $50,000 fines for each occurrence [of spreading misinformation] as they define it,” Harden said.
Harden joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain the ways in which pro-abortion activists are using legislation to target pro-life centers, and to offer advice to these pro-life organizations as to what they can do to protect themselves so they can continue serving the women and babies who need them.
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