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Planned Parenthood of Illinois used to schedule dozens of abortion patients from other states each month. Now hundreds are crossing state lines monthly to terminate a pregnancy in Illinois.
The high court’s June 24 ruling ended federal abortion protections, leaving the matter of abortion rights to be determined by individual states. Terminating a pregnancy remains legal in Illinois, which has strong reproductive rights protections in the Midwest.