Illinois, a Midwestern refuge for abortion services, could become a target of anti-abortion groups.
Anti-abortion groups gathered in downtown Chicago to celebrate the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade decision.
“We do fully expect Illinois to be ground zero in the abortion debate,” Gherke said. “I think it is incumbent upon not just our neighboring states that have protective pro-life laws but in states throughout the Midwest and beyond. With Illinois here, there are women and babies still in danger. We’re going to be encouraging people to join us here, to help us win our state for life.”
Marie Farias, right, an abortion rights supporter, shouts at a handful of anti-abortion rights supporters who gathered to hear Eric Scheidler, executive director of the Pro-life Action League, speak at Federal Plaza in Chicago, June 24, 2022. In a statement, Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, welcomed the ruling and “the opportunity it creates for a national conversation on protecting human life in the womb and promoting human dignity at all stages of life.
Eric Scheidler, executive director of the Pro-Life Action League, called the overruling a victory thanks to a 50-year movement of anti-abortion advocates like himself and his family. The Pro-Life Action League was founded by his late father Joseph M. Scheidler in 1980 to seek to stop abortions in the country.
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