Two seats on the Illinois Supreme Court are up for grabs this November — and the results could have sweeping consequences for the state’s abortion laws.
, but the Illinois Supreme Court decided not to take the case.
“We’ll have more abortion clinics, so we’re going to have more ‘sidewalk counseling’ and we’ll have more issues of states coming after pro-life pregnancy centers,” he said. “One of the first steps we are taking is to inform the public of how important it is who sits on the Supreme Court of each state,” Grillot said. “One of the things the Supreme Court ruling did was return the decision about protecting preborn lives to the states. So now our votes matter.
Joe Power, a veteran Illinois attorney, agreed and said the Trial Lawyers Association will likely ramp up its funding in the race this fall to oppose the election of the Republican judicial candidates in these two districts.
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