
Illinois Issues: The Abortion Issue Is About To Heat Up
Illinois could become the most progressive state in the nation on abortion rights if a proposed bill is approved this year.
Illinois could become the most progressive state in the nation on abortion rights if a proposed bill is approved this year.
Anti-abortion groups are once again going before the Illinois Supreme Court.
A new law allowing public funding of abortion in Illinois will take effect as scheduled on January 1. That’s after a judge on Thursday ruled against anti-abortion groups who’d sued to block it.
A group of state lawmakers and anti-abortion groups filed suit against the state of Illinois Thursday. The Thomas More Society filed the suit, which is aimed at blocking a new law that will allow state money to pay for some abortions.