A so-called “Freedom of Choice Act” (FOCA) in Illinois (IL House Bill 2354) is scheduled for a hearing at the State House at 8:00 AM on Wednesday, March 4.
Like the federal FOCA introduced in the 110th Congress, and state versions that have recently been introduced in other states such as New Mexico, the Illinois FOCA would authorize a nurse, in any public school in the state, to do an abortion on a minor girl, at any time of pregnancy, without any parental knowledge. The bill then specifically immunizes such a nurse from any civil or criminal claim by any parent in Section 25(a).
The Illinois FOCA would repeal Illinois physician-only law and all other Illinois limits on abortion by virtue of declaring abortion to be a “fundamental right” and by prohibiting (in Section 15) any “interference” with the fundamental right and by prohibiting “discrimination” in funding in Section 20.
The FOCA would also eliminate the Illinois prohibition on partial-birth abortion and repeal other existing abortion regulations.
The declaration of abortion as a “fundamental right” would extend from conception to birth and thereby strike down any regulations of abortion throughout pregnancy.
Section 35 of the Illinois FOCA also tramples on conscience rights.
It would also require public funding of abortion from conception to birth by requiring that abortion be treated equally with childbirth.
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