The law also expands the number of health practitioners who can provide certain types of abortions; requires Illinois public entities to cover abortion, gender-affirming and HIV-prevention drugs as part of health insurance; and more.
Illinois will provide legal protections to the swell of out-of-state residents seeking abortion care in the state since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, per a law Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed Friday, days after its passage by Democrats in the state legislature.
The bill also prohibits someone from using Illinois’ Wrongful Death Act to assert a legal claim tied to a lawful abortion and establishes that health care providers, hospitals and other medical facilities cannot be punished for providing abortions or related reproductive services. Republicans and anti-abortion groups fought the package, with former GOP nominee for governor Darren Bailey calling it “evil.”
In order to better facilitate health care providers from Wisconsin, Missouri and other neighboring states to offer abortion services in Illinois, the state’s licensing agency will offer an expediated path to temporary licenses to professionals who want to provide abortion care in Illinois and via telehealth.
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