Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed multiple bills on Wednesday designed to further protect reproductive rights in Illinois.
Pritzker signed a series of bills including HB581, which ensures that pregnant women can access needed emergency medical care, HB5239, which expands Illinois' shield laws, and HB4867, which clarifies and expands the Illinois Human Rights Act to prohibit discrimination based on reproductive health decisions. "It is no longer enough to legislate for the current moment.
"Pritzker noted that the passage of HB5239 will ensure that doctors in Illinois can continue to provide emergency care, including abortions when necessary to save the life or health of a patient, and women can continue to receive life and health-saving reproductive care — even if the federal legal standards change.
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