The Illinois Senate has followed the House in approving a weaker conscience law so it no longer applies to those trying to use it to fight mandatory vaccinations at their jobs.
The Democratic-controlled Senate Chamber voted 31 to 24 Thursday night for a COVID carved out of the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act. It was approved in the 1970s initially to protect physicians refusing to perform abortions. But Democrats say it’s been used improperly in lawsuits by those fired from jobs for refusing to be vaccinated.
Republican State Senator Jason Plummer says the changes are a direct assault on an individual’s right to make healthcare decisions for themselves. He says the Governor can’t stand the fact that the people of Illinois have had enough of his mandates and are standing up for their rights.
But Plummer says as per usual, Democrat lawmakers would rather silence the people of this state and choose to weaken a long-standing law put in place to protect the citizens of the state from having health care services forced upon them. He called it a sad day when someone’s moral or religious beliefs are overshadowed by one party’s continued pursuit of total control.
