Dems will do anything to protect abortion and transgenderism, even risk lives

Illinois Democrats are bent on removing every possible barrier to the life-altering procedures of abortion and gender reassignment, and this week, they took another step in that direction.

Introduced in the House in February, House Bill 4834 seeks to amend the Illinois Controlled Substances Act to exempt several drugs from Illinois’ Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP). The PMP was created in the 1980s specifically to prevent drug misuse, doctor shopping, and overprescribing, particularly of addictive painkillers, but it tracks all schedule II-V drug prescriptions by pulling information from both prescribers and dispensers.

Safety Second

If passed, HB 4834 will not only exempt testosterone (a schedule III drug) from inclusion in the PMP, but it will also retroactively scrub any testosterone prescriptions already in the system. Estrogen and GnRH analogues (used along with testosterone as part of transgender hormone therapy), as well as mifepristone and misoprostol (the two drugs used for chemical abortions), are also specifically listed as being exempt in the bill, even though they are not controlled substances (this preempts potential reclassification of the abortion drugs, which Louisiana did after it criminalized abortion).

In short, Illinois Democrats are looking to further reduce medical oversight for women who get abortions and people taking cross-sex hormones. As the new orthodoxy has taught us, safety comes second when radical sexual autonomy is on the line.

Bill Sponsor State Senator Adriane Johnson (D-Buffalo Grove) called HB 4834 a “complement” to HB 5295, another bill that seeks to “segregate” abortion-related medical information in electronic medical records so out-of-state entities can’t access it. Could that information be important if she’s ever ill or in need of related care in another state? Would it matter?

Weaponized Indifference

During Wednesday’s criminally short hearing in the Senate Executive Committee, State Senator Sue Rezin (R-Morris) raised legitimate concerns over drug interactions, specifically with testosterone. Witness Michael Zirir, a lobbyist from Illinois Planned Parenthood Action, naturally brushed off those concerns as unfounded.

Here are just a few other scenarios where this move could yield real harms:

• A woman undergoes a chemical abortion, but it is incomplete. She acquires abortion drugs from another provider, and she uses them to try to complete the abortion herself, instead of going to the emergency room.

• A woman makes a mistake when taking the abortion drug regimen and is unsuccessful in aborting her baby. She decides to continue the pregnancy but does not inform her obstetrician about her prior choice.

• A gender-confused woman gets testosterone and GnRH analogues from her doctor, then goes to another doctor and gets them there as well, in hopes that she can speed the process of masculinization along.

These are just a few of the ways someone could end up with lifelong repercussions, if not dead, if another guardrail around these drugs is removed. Worse still, this represents yet another instance in which the state will be able to usurp parental rights, since providers—and by extension, parents—will be kept in the dark if a minor has been prescribed one of these drugs in the past.

As detailed in this article, the undermining of parental authority in Illinois isn’t a bug; it’s a feature, and it’s part of a nationwide plan. This bill and others like it are couched as protecting patients’ medical information, but it’s clear as day that isn’t the goal. Privacy is only a priority for leftists when it serves the agenda.

HB 4834 passed the House on April 8th and passed out of a Senate committee on April 30th. It is now up for consideration in the full Illinois Senate pending a floor debate and vote.

Take Action: Click HERE to send a message to your state senator to ask him/her to vote NO to this legislation. State Representative William Hauter (R-Morton), a practicing medical doctor, opposed this legislation on the house floor during debate on April 8th. In a message to IFI, he pointed out:

The Democrats continue to break down all healthcare safeguards in service to their ideology. The Prescription Monitoring Program is a public health program that gives us data and outcome measurements on prescriptions. Because of HB 4834 and many other Democrat bills, healthcare information is less complete and therefore less safe for all Illinoisans.