Experts anticipate that more than half the states in the nation — including every state surrounding Illinois — would ban or significantly chip away at the right to terminate a
A protest was held in downtown Chicago Tuesday with people calling for the right to choose, while a local group is applauding the US Supreme Court’s potential move.
State health statistics show 9,686 out-of-state women terminated a pregnancy in Illinois in 2020, comprising about 21% of all 46,243 abortions performed statewide.
The data shows roughly a 29% increase compared with the previous year, according to the most recent Illinois Department of Public Health data available.