Anti-Abortion Group Sues Illinois Over Covid-19 Gathering Cap (1)

Illinois Right to Life Committee sued Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) in federal court over an emergency Covid-19 order that prohibits most gatherings of more than 10 people.

Executive Order 2020-38 unconstitutionally infringes IRL’s free speech rights, the group told the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Tuesday.

IRL is a nonprofit organization that works to make abortion “unthinkable” and to turn Illinois into an anti-abortion state, according to its website. It is an “expressive association,” according to the complaint.

Education is one part of its approach, IRL says. But it hasn’t been able to participate in training ...