State Rep. Tom Morrison (R-Palatine) in a 2019 photo | repmorrison54.com/
State Rep. Tom Morrison (R-Palatine) in a 2019 photo | repmorrison54.com/
State Rep. Tom Morrison (R-Palatine) is urging voters to call their legislators to speak out against against Democrats who are pushing to repeal the parental notification act.
“Repeal of Abortion Notification undermines parent rights & put minor girls at risk... it may get vote in Springfield this week,” Morrison recently tweeted.
Morrison has also recently taken center stage in speaking out against gender-neutral bathroom legislation being pushed by Democratic colleague Rep. Katie Stuart (D-Edwardsville), warning he believes it will create a danger to women and girls.
"This isn’t complicated," Morrison told the North Cook News. "This bill intends to create multi-stall restrooms for use of both men and women at the same time. That defies what we all know about privacy needs for both sexes and safety for women and girls.”
Also known as the Equitable Restrooms Act, House Bill 3195 has quickly picked up a reputation as LGBT bathroom legislation, though Morrison argues it glosses over opportunities he fears predators may take advantage of.
"In any other discussion, most everyone agrees that women and girls are at particular risk of male violence," he said. "It is disingenuous of the sponsor to claim this bill is to enable mothers to bring male children into a restroom with them. That action is socially accepted and not prohibited by law. Why do mothers do that, by the way? Most mothers would answer that they keep young sons with them because of the risk of predation in the men’s room."
Democrats have pushed such legislation before, with Gov. J.B. Pritzker in 2019 signing off on legislation that required all single-occupancy public restrooms be gender-neutral.
Morrison didn't care for that legislation either and says HB 3195 is just as bad.
Morrison said his feelings back then were the same as they are right now.
"All single occupancy public restrooms are now gender neutral, so not only is this multi-stall bill a bad idea, it is completely unnecessary according to the sponsor's stated goals," he said.
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