Pritzker to call special session on reproductive rights after Roe v. Wade ruling

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Gov. J.B. Pritzker will call a special session of the General Assembly in the coming weeks to focus on legislation to strengthen women's access to abortion and other reproductive health services in Illinois.
50% : In 2018, the state adopted a law allowing public funding of abortion through its Medicaid program.
47% :Illinois is among the states with laws already on the books protecting access to abortion.
43% : Finally, during last year's veto session, lawmakers passed a bill repealing the state's Parental Notice of Abortion law, removing the last legal restriction on abortion in Illinois.
42% :But Illinois' laws stand in stark contrast to those of some neighboring states that already had so-called "trigger laws" on the books that would either ban or severely restrict access to abortion upon reversal of Roe v. Wade.
34% :"Today's decision therefore does not prevent the numerous States that readily allow abortion from continuing to readily allow abortion," he wrote.

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