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Illinois Adopts the Nation’s First Mandatory Mental Health Screening for Students
This summer, Illinois became the first state in the nation to require public school students, grades three through twelve, to be screened for mental health issues, beginning the 2027-28 school year.
Posted in Education, Illinois Politics
Tagged Abigail Shrier, Adam Niemerg, Anna Moeller, Dave Smith, Dave Vella, education, Governor Pritzker, Kelly M. Cassidy, Kevin John Olickal, Kimberly A. Lightford, Laura Faver Dias, Laura Fine, Lindsey LaPointe, Mary Gill, Michael Crawford, Michael J. Kelly, Michelle Mussman, Nabeela Syed, New York Post, Nicolle Grasse, public school, Sara Feigenholtz, SB 1560, Stephanie A. Kifowit, Terra Costa Howard, Tracy Katz Muhl
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Medical Personnel’s Religious Freedoms Threatened by Illinois Senate Bill
Illinois doctors, nurses and medical personnel could be forced to make ethical choices between serving God and obeying the State with a bill being considered in the Illinois Senate.
Imagine for an instance that you’re a neurologist, and a patient comes to you for help with painful, paralyzing, never-ending headaches. You do everything you can to help him, but after months of experimental drug concoctions and nutritional experiments, the headaches worsen. Depressed and distraught, the patient decides he wants to end it all. He wants you to help him end his agony once and for all.
As a doctor, you’ve …
Posted in Illinois Politics, Religious Liberty
Tagged Daniel Biss, Heather A. Steans, Iris Y. Martinez, Julie A. Morrison, Kimberly A. Lightford, Linda Holmes, Michael Noland, SB 1564, Thomas Brechja, Toi W. Hutchinson, William Delgado
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