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Reproductive Health Act heads to governor’s desk

— June 1, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — Legislation that backers and detractors agree will be the most liberal reproductive health statute in the country is headed to the governor’s desk after about 80 minutes…

Male lawmakers urge Senate to follow House in passing abortion bill
— May 31, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — Six male, Democratic lawmakers on May 29 encouraged their Senate colleagues to follow the House in approving a bill that would repeal and replace Illinois’ abortion…
Leavitt: A new Southern Strategy heats up 2020
— May 22, 2019

Many liberals think the Alabama and Georgia politicians who recently passed near-complete abortion bans are either stupid or crazy. They’re crazy like foxes. It is the latest example…
Catholic leaders continue fight against abortion bills
— March 31, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — Leaders of Illinois’ Catholic Church denounced a package of reproductive health care bills in the General Assembly, calling them “dangerous” and “mounting challenges…
Repeal of abortion notification passes State Senate committee
— March 21, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Democrats are one step closer to repealing legislation requiring that a minor consult her parent or guardian before getting an abortion. The bill, sponsored…

Reproductive Health Act to escape legislative limbo in Illinois
— May 24, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — A measure that would rewrite Illinois’ abortion statute — the subject of months-long debate among advocates on both sides but not lawmakers — is moving out of…
Illinois legislator: Abortion cannot be a “political football”
— April 1, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — The issue of abortion needs to be treated as less of a “political football” so individuals on both sides of the debate can have “fundamental and ideological discussions,”…
Thousands fill state Capitol to protest abortion bills
— March 21, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — Legislators, advocates and hundreds of Illinoisans crowded the rotunda of the Capitol on Wednesday to condemn a package of reproductive health measures that would revise…