Illinois Baptist Right to life
Table Talk with Bryan Price P. 13
Grilling season
Bans target Roe New abortion laws aim for high court review. But will it work?
America | State legislatures in the South and Midwest have adopted a series of laws limiting abortion this year, including the nation’s most restrictive abortion law in Alabama. Meanwhile, some Illinois lawmakers continued to push what has been called the country’s most extreme abortion bill, which would legalize abortion through all nine months of pregnancy. The Alabama law, signed by Gov. Kay Ivey May 15, makes it a felony for a person to perform an abortion in the state. There is an exception in the case of a serious health risk to the mother, but not for rape or incest. The bill faces legal challenges, but its sponsors are hopeful it will reach a conservative U.S. Supreme Court and result in the overturn of Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide. The National Right to Life Committee estimates more than 60 million abortions have been performed in the U.S. since 1973. The bill could be a step toward challenging or ultimately overturning Roe because it directly P. 3
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Convention nears
Greear prexy unopposed, other officers nominated, child protection on agenda P. 4
CAPITOL WATCH
Session ends soon
Awaiting action on legal pot, mandatory reporting P. 5
Grand celebration
Spirit stirs baptismal waters in month-long emphasis P. 7-9
LIFESTYLE
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News journal of the Illinois Baptist State Association
MAY 27, 2019 Vol. 113 No. 08
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