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* CBS News…
Mary Kate Knorr, the executive director for Illinois Right to Life, told CBS News that she’s “disgusted” by the new laws and that they’ve made Illinois the “abortion capital of the Midwest.”
That’s why she’s embarking on an over 20-event tour of intimate, fireside chats around the state. She’s hoping to unify and strengthen activists who oppose abortion in Illinois and ultimately repeal the law.
At the inaugural event Wednesday evening, Knorr spoke to a crowd of 60 or 70 at a church an hour outside Chicago, explaining her interpretation of the Reproductive Health Act. One provision of the new law repeals the state’s formal parental notification requirement for minors seeking an abortion; now, those under the age of 18 will able to obtain the procedure without their parents’ knowledge, a detail that shocked many in the room.
The audience may have been shocked, but that’s not in the new law. You’d think a national news outlet would do a bit of checking before publishing something like that. In fact, the bill deleting the parental notification law did not advance in the spring session. Proponents are hoping to pass it sometime in the future.
* Just last week from Illinois Public Radio…
Despite the expansion of abortion rights that passed this spring, the parental-notification legislation was deemed too controversial, even among Democrats.
I mean, a simple Google search would’ve worked. Sheesh.
posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Sep 12, 19 @ 10:32 am
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Rich I think you might have been at the Dave Lundy thing where I straight up yelled that the Republicans were lying about every single thing they were saying about HB6 (which they absolutely were, and Harmon was being nice because he had to be)
Comment by Will Caskey Thursday, Sep 12, 19 @ 10:47 am
You mean people that want strict government control over our bodies, bedroom, and doctor’s office would be outright disingenuous? No way….
Comment by Ducky LaMoore Thursday, Sep 12, 19 @ 10:51 am
Can’t let pesky little things like facts get in the way of ginning up outrage…
Comment by LakeCo Thursday, Sep 12, 19 @ 10:51 am
It’s a way to game the system. Send out a press release with some untruth and if you’re lucky the news organization will be lazy and print it or broadcast it. Then other people can use that published information to reinforce their own arguments.
Comment by Da Big Bad Wolf Thursday, Sep 12, 19 @ 10:52 am
Checking facts is really for the exactist element of our society…they went out of vogue with the Trump era.
p.s. “fireside chats” in 90 degree weather must have been enchanting.
Comment by Annonin' Thursday, Sep 12, 19 @ 10:56 am
Don’t bother me with facts. They get in the way of my outrage.
Comment by Bruce( no not him) Thursday, Sep 12, 19 @ 10:59 am
==You’d think a national news outlet would do a bit of checking before publishing something like that==
Who would think this? Haven’t we learned by now that “a bit of checking” is not something national news outlets do? They haven’t done this for decades.
Comment by Lester Holt’s Mustache Thursday, Sep 12, 19 @ 11:30 am
= “a bit of checking” is not something national news outlets do? +
Check out the local news, especially outside of Chicago. Yikes.
Comment by JS Mill Thursday, Sep 12, 19 @ 11:36 am
Could it be that’s she’s preparing to fight the battle next session? Unorthodox way, but desperate times…
Comment by Fav human Thursday, Sep 12, 19 @ 12:44 pm
Better fundraising this way…
Comment by PublicServant Thursday, Sep 12, 19 @ 5:17 pm
Just FYI, CBS changed its report to match reality, but did so without any mention of editing the article or correcting it.
Comment by Shevek Friday, Sep 13, 19 @ 3:58 pm