Illinois Reacts To Texas Abortion Law
In this Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021 file photo, a security guard opens the door to the Whole Women's Health Clinic in Fort Worth, Texas. A Texas law banning most abortions in the state took effect at midnight. AP Photo/LM Otero, File
A San Antonio doctor who said he performed an abortion in defiance of a new Texas law has been sued by two people seeking to test the legality of the state’s near-total ban on the procedure. The Texas law prohibits abortions once medical professionals can detect cardiac activity — usually around six weeks, before some women know they’re pregnant. The Justice Department is suing Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution.”
Last week, State Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago) proposed The Expanding Abortion Services Act, otherwise called the "TEXAS Act,” which affirms Illinois as a state where all reproductive services are allowed and extends those services to all who need them beyond Illinoisians. Today on the show, we spoke to representatives from all sides of the debate.
GUESTS:
Peter Breen
Vice President and Senior Counsel, Thomas More Society
Amy Gehrke
Executive Director of Illinois Right to Life
Brigid Leahy
Senior Director of Public Policy for Planned Parenthood Illinois Action
Anna Moeller
State Representative (D-Chicago)
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