Four More Years: State Rep. Kelly Cassidy discusses Illinois protections for reproductive, transgender healthcare
Illinois Rep. Kelly Cassidy works in her office, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Chicago AP Photo/Erin Hooley
We continue our special series "Four More Years" and today we are focusing on how reproductive and gender-affirming care under the next Trump administration may be impacted.
State Rep. Kelly Cassidy has been a member of the Illinois House since 2011. She was lead sponsor on the Reproductive Health Act, which, among other things, made abortion access a fundamental right in Illinois. Cassidy was also lead sponsor of legislation a few years ago creating legal protections for people who provide or receive reproductive and gender-affirming care.
She gives her take on what protections Illinoisans have and what type of actions might be expected from the federal government in regards to this type of care.
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Rep. Kelly Cassidy
D-Chicago (north side, including the neighborhoods of Edgewater and Rogers Park)