Carolyn Moon is a reproductive rights activist from McLean County and a former Planned Parenthood of Illinois board member. She spoke to WGLT's Charlie Schlenker after Friday's Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
Two Bloomington women running for the Illinois House say they’re devastated and sickened by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade – and that the state needs to act to protect healthcare providers and fortify its laws permitting abortion.
To help understand the significance of that leak and what it says about how the Supreme Court operates and its conservative shift, WGLT’s Sarah Nardi turned to Meghan Leonard, an associate professor at Illinois State University who has studied the courts. Leonard described the situation as unprecedented.
Supporters of abortion rights in Bloomington-Normal began to mobilize Tuesday after the Supreme Court draft ruling link, as anti-abortion leaders voiced caution about their apparent win.
WGLT's Lyndsay Jones spoke Tuesday with Ed Yohnka, a spokesperson for the ACLU of Illinois, who said the organization takes issue with the viewpoint that abortion, or the ability to choose whether to have one, is not a fundamental human right.