Illinois is joining other Democratic-controlled states in affirming abortion rights as a response to the intensifying campaign against Roe v. Wade.
Illinois state Rep. Joyce Mason speaks in favor of the Reproductive Health Act on the floor of the Illinois House chambers Tuesday, in Springfield, Ill. By Isaac Stanley-Becker Isaac Stanley-Becker Reporter based in the U.K. Email Bio Follow May 29 at 4:38 AM Alabama. Ohio. Kentucky. Mississippi. Georgia. Utah. Arkansas. Missouri.Illinois is the latest place to advance legislation addressing access to the medical procedure. But the aim in Springfield, Ill., is vastly different.
In Vermont, both houses of the state’s General Assembly endorsed a measure earlier this month that recognizes reproductive choice as a “fundamental right.” The state’s Republican governor, Phil Scott, has pledged not to veto the measure. Last week, lawmakers in Maine advanced legislation expanding abortion providers. Meanwhile, the majority-female Nevada Assembly approved a bill doing away with the requirement that doctors inform women of the “emotional implications” of an abortion.
But the nation’s top court left both sides dissatisfied on Tuesday, upholding part of an Indiana law regulating what happens with fetal remains while declining to revive another aspect of the legislation. The apparent compromise was a sign that the justices were not prepared to move decisively to reconsider the constitutional right to an abortion set forth in Roe. Still, the legal schism that runs in parallel to the political split was on full display.
“This is not about keeping abortion legal in Illinois; this is about a vast expansion of what is allowed,” said Bourne, who is pregnant. “Please, for the viable babies who are waiting to be born, vote no.”“As attacks escalate around us, Illinois can respond with equal force to defend reproductive freedom,” said the Democratic lawmaker, who is one of four openly LGBT lawmakers in the Illinois General Assembly.
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