Illinois Catholic bishops back pregnancy centers’ suit over law requiring abortion referrals

Illinois Catholic bishops back pregnancy centers’ suit over law requiring abortion referrals

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Catholic bishops in Illinois offered their support to a lawsuit from pro-life pregnancy centers that say a Prairie State law requiring those centers to refer women for abortions violates their First Amendment rights.  Becket, a Washington-based religious liberty law firm, filed an amicus brief, sometimes called a friend-of-the-court brief, Dec. 16 on behalf of the Catholic bishops of Illinois, the Illinois Catholic Health…