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"The Sept. 4 ruling discounts the beliefs of over 150,000 Illinois Baptists, as well as all Illinoisans who hold these same sacred convictions, by requiring all insurance coverage in our state to ...
A little more than one week after a neighboring state saw abortion restrictions go into effect, Gov. JB Pritzker signed a slate of bills expanding reproductive rights in Illinois.
Number of abortion clinics in Illinois by year. Between 1982 and 1992, the number of abortion clinics in the state decreased by 11, going from 58 in 1982 to 47 in 1992. [35] In 2014, there were 24 abortion clinics in the state. [36] 92% of the counties in the state did not have an abortion
CHICAGO - After then-Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a bill in 2017 expanding Medicaid coverage of abortion costs, employees at the Chicago Abortion Fund were still hearing from people who were ...
In 2016, Oklahoma state legislators passed a bill to criminalize abortion for providers, potentially charging them with up to three years in prison. [168] On May 20, 2016, Governor Mary Fallin vetoed the bill before it could become law, citing its wording as too vague to withstand a legal challenge. [169]
The Affordable Care Act allowed states to opt in to a program of health care expansion, which allowed more residents to qualify for Medicaid.The cost of this expansion was primarily borne by the federal government, but the percent paid by the federal government was scheduled to decrease each year, reaching 95% by 2017 and below 90% by 2021; the remainder would be assumed by the state.
Access to abortion is essentially locked down in Illinois. Legislation approved by both houses of the General Assembly include requiring Illinois insurers to cover abortion-inducing drugs ...
United States, Illinois: In 1867, the State of Illinois passed a "Bill for the Protection of Personal Liberty" which guaranteed all people accused of insanity, including wives, had the right to a public hearing. [76] United States, Illinois: Illinois passed a bill in 1867 that made abortion and attempted abortion a criminal offense. [77] [15]