Illinois Sued by Employers Over Reproductive Health Bias Law (2)

Illinois was hit with a lawsuit by anti-abortion organizations challenging amendments to a state human rights law that prohibits employers from discriminating against workers based on their reproductive health decisions.

The law allegedly shows a hostility to pro-life groups that are guided by their religious beliefs in violation of their rights under the First Amendment and the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause, the complaint filed Thursday by a pregnancy center and the Catholic Diocese of Springfield, Ill., says.

New York has a similar law that is also currently being challenged by an anti-abortion center.

The Illinois amendment makes “reproductive health ...