Republican state Sen. Darren Bailey, who lost the governor’s race to Pritzker in November, called the measure “pure evil” on the Senate floor.
Illinois lawmakers were working during the last day of their lame-duck session on a measure that would secure access to reproductive health care, which would make theirs the latest state to pursueThe bill, which the Legislature would have to pass Tuesday before a new round of lawmakers was sworn in Wednesday, would shield reproductive healthcare patients and providers from out-of-state legal action and widen access to reproductive care.
Planned Parenthood of Illinois said that since Roe was overturned, it has seen more out-of-state patients than ever. Before the Dobbs decision in the U.S. Supreme Court left abortion up to states, Planned Parenthood saw patients from 10 to 15 other states besides Illinois. Since then, its clinics have treated patients from 33 states.The proposal was introduced via amendments to existing acts rather than as a standalone bill that would require more time and scrutiny.
"They know that the people in our state are not supportive of this type of legislation. Because if they were, they would pass this legislation in a conventional way," she said. "We are not letting states like Texas, where there are attacks on abortion care and attacks on gender-affirming care, tell us in Illinois what care people can get in the state," she said.
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