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It’s the latest effort by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker to position Illinois as a safe haven for abortion patients and providers.

It’s the latest effort by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker to position Illinois as a safe haven for abortion patients and providers.

It’s the latest effort by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker to position Illinois as a safe haven for abortion patients and providers.

A few weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a 19-year-old woman traveled from Memphis to Chicago seeking an abortion. But medical providers at a local clinic told her the procedure would require hospital care due to scarring from a previous cesarean section. The unexpected complication added travel days and lodging costs the patient hadn’t planned for, according to ...

Democrat Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill on Thursday that would target pro-life pregnancy centers by cracking down on so-called "deceptive practices" that dissuade women from women from aborting their unborn babies.

Anti-abortion pregnancy centers can be penalized by the Illinois attorney general if they use deceptive practices or misinformation to interfere with patients seeking abortion care under a measure Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Thursday. “Women need access to comprehensive, fact-based health care when making critical decision(s) about their own health — not manipulation or misinformation ...

An anti-abortion group plans to "display large signs showing the violent reality of abortion" at various locations in Rockford on Wednesday.

The first full state legislative sessions after the fall of Roe v. Wade produced hundreds of bills that are all over the map on abortion, including proposals to do what was once considered unthinkable: criminalize pregnant people themselves.

For Mike Pence, outlawing abortion is more important than politics. He calls it the “cause of our time.”

For Mike Pence, outlawing abortion is more important than politics. He calls it the “cause of our time.”