‘Fundamental Right’ to Abortion Declared by Illinois Lawmakers

The Illinois Senate late May 31 passed a bill opponents called one of the most liberal pieces of abortion legislation in the nation and warned it will turn the Land of Lincoln into a magnet for women seeking abortions.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) has vowed to sign the measure.

The Senate voted 34-20 to approve SB 25, the Reproductive Health Act, on its last day of the 2019 spring session. The measure repeals various abortion-related statutes, such as the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975, and replaces them with language declaring that women in Illinois have a “fundamental right” to continue ...