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In response to increasing abortion restrictions in the region, a Planned Parenthood chapter in Missouri and Illinois is preparing to open a mobile unit providing abortions in southern Illinois.
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With Roe v. Wade overturned, abortion has been a hot-button issue in races up and down the state’s ballot, from governor to legislators to the Illinois Supreme Court.
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Sabrina Cavanaugh has directed her passion for women's rights into recent protests supporting Roe v. Wade.
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Planned Parenthood's Bloomington health center is already seeing an increase in abortion patients from out-of-state — just two weeks after Roe v. Wade was overturned.
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Gov. JB Pritzker and top Democratic leaders in the Illinois General Assembly said Tuesday that while they still plan to call a special session this year to strengthen abortion rights, they expect to take the “remainder of the summer” to craft policies before lawmakers return to the Capitol.
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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.
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Meghan Leonard is an associate professor at Illinois State University who has studied the courts.
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Abortion rights advocates gathered in downtown Bloomington to decry the Supreme Court's decision to strike down Roe vs. Wade.
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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.
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Abortion will remain legal in Illinois, but state leaders reacted swiftly to the Supreme Court’s decision Friday.