The state has a law that will protect abortion rights — and a governor who says the state will be an “island for reproductive freedom.”
When a draft ruling showing that the Supreme Court is going to overturnlast week, Americans were forced to confront the reality of a near future without federal abortion rights. While the situation is most dire for people living in Southern and upper-Midwestern states, where many stand to lose abortion access not only in the state of their residence but also in neighboring states, Illinois will likely remain an island of choice and women’s rights in the middle of the country.
Becoming the sole point of access for so many millions of people, Guttmacher estimates that the demand for abortions in the state of Illinois will increase byIllinois Govenor J.B. Pritzker, who in 2019 signed off onis overturned, and who is currently running for re-election, confirmed his commitment to choice in a rally last Friday in Chicago,
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