Illinois agrees to drop enforcement of law aimed at anti-abortion clinics accused of deception

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The state has agreed to drop enforcement of a law backers said was aimed at deterring deceptive practices by anti-abortion pregnancy centers following a legal challenge by anti-abortion groups. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the measure this summer but it was temporarily blocked shortly afterward by a federal judge who in a scathing opinion called the law “both stupid and very ...

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