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* Pro-Choice Missouri, PROMO, and Missouri Abortion Fund…
“Missourians applaud the passage of HB 4664. Missourians rely on states like Illinois for abortion care and we know politicians are coming after the transgender community’s very ability to exist. The bill puts protections in place today that will bring necessary relief and reassurance tomorrow for the patients and providers who are risking their lives to cross state lines to exercise rights and freedoms that aren’t afforded to us in Missouri. Missourians deserve better; Missourians deserve more.
“This legislation is bigger than just Illinois. Our communities need policies that expand access to abortion and gender-affirming care, protect providers, and add capacity to a health care system that has offered Missourians a place of refuge in a post-Roe reality. We urge Governor Pritzker to take immediate action and sign this bill into law.”
* Hannah Meisel has by far the best explanation piece on the bill…
Demand from out-of-state abortion seekers – particularly from neighboring Missouri – began accelerating even before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer, but advocates expect even more need as Republican-controlled states further clamp down on abortion access.
To meet that future demand, Democrats included provisions in their bill meant to grow Illinois’ reproductive health care workforce, like allowing physician assistants and nurse practitioners to perform vacuum aspiration abortions – the most common type of in-clinic abortions for pregnancies up to around 14 weeks – which do not require general anesthesia.
Under the bill, Illinois would also speed the process for granting temporary permits for all doctors, physician assistants and nurse practitioners to address health care shortages in all areas, not just reproductive health care. […]
Under the bill, which Gov. JB Pritzker said he will sign, Illinois would join California, Massachusetts and a handful of other East Coast states in establishing “shield laws” protecting information about abortions from being subject to subpoenas and orders for witness testimony issued from courts in other states.
Like the shield laws enacted by those other states, Illinois’ legal protections would also cover patients and health care professionals engaged in gender-affirming care – a practice some Republican-led states have already begun clamping down on in addition to restricting abortion access.
* More…
* Illinois House passes measure that expands scope of medical professionals able to perform abortions: It also allows patients to receive hormonal birth control over the counter from a pharmacist under a statewide order from the Illinois Department of Public Health and clarifies that no person is subject to civil liability for receiving an abortion and that no hospital personnel may report an abortion to law enforcement agencies. Advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants would be able to perform aspiration abortions, the most common in-clinic abortions that do not require general anesthesia. … It also removes co-pays for HIV medications and gender-affirming care, including medication and surgery for those seeking to change their gender. That became a sticking point for many Republicans, who picked apart whether minors should be able to choose their gender. The legislation, however, strictly focused on medications for gender-affirming care not an expansion of the care.
* Bill offering abortion, gender-affirming care protections heads to Governor Pritzker’s desk
* Carbondale City Council votes unanimously in favor of amendment regarding protests outside health care facilities: The Carbondale City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to amend the city’s ordinance on disorderly conduct in an effort to protect patients and staff going into and out of medical facilities that provide abortion services, and other health care facilities. The amendment council members voted in favor of centers around the type of conduct allowed within a 100-foot radius of entrances of hospitals, medical clinics and other health care facilities. A previous version of the amendment specified a radius of 50 feet, but council members expanded that to 100 feet before voting in favor of the change. Within that specific area, people could be charged with disorderly conduct if they knowingly come within 8 feet of an individual without their consent to hand them a leaflet or handbill, display a sign to them or engage in “oral protest, education, or counseling with such other person in the public way.” People could also be charged if they use force, threats or physical obstruction to injure, intimidate or interfere or attempt to injure, intimidate or interfere will anyone entering or leaving a health care facility.
* ADDED: Women can be prosecuted for taking abortion pills, says Alabama attorney general: One week after the federal government made it easier to get abortion pills, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said Tuesday that women in Alabama who use those pills to end pregnancies could be prosecuted. That’s despite wording in Alabama’s new Human Life Protection Act that criminalizes abortion providers and prevents its use against the people receiving abortions. Instead, the attorney general’s office said Alabama could rely on an older law, one initially designed to protect children from meth lab fumes. “The Human Life Protection Act targets abortion providers, exempting women ‘upon whom an abortion is performed or attempted to be performed’ from liability under the law,” Marshall said in an emailed statement. “It does not provide an across-the-board exemption from all criminal laws, including the chemical-endangerment law—which the Alabama Supreme Court has affirmed and reaffirmed protects unborn children.”
posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Jan 11, 23 @ 9:51 am
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I’m not often proud of this state, but I am today, at least on this subject.
Good work, Springfield.
Comment by Blue Bayou Wednesday, Jan 11, 23 @ 9:59 am
So here’s a dumb but honest question. It’s a little after 10 AM and the new legislature gets sworn in at noon. As of this moment the ILGA website shows this bill as not having been sent to the governor. Doesn’t that have to happen in less than two hours? Or is that not how it works?
Comment by Query Wednesday, Jan 11, 23 @ 10:13 am
So downstate conservatives have promised to disobey the AWB, meanwhile Pritzker is being urged to sign legislation that refuses extradition to other states (which clearly violates the US constitution). I guess everybody supports their own brand of lawlessness?
Comment by Wonky Kong Wednesday, Jan 11, 23 @ 10:19 am
I support the brand of “lawlessness” that blocks Missouri from prosecuting people who do things that are illegal in Missouri while in Illinois
Comment by 48th Ward Heel Wednesday, Jan 11, 23 @ 10:25 am
===that refuses extradition to other states===
Um, no. If they violate the law while they’re in their home state, this doesn’t cover them.
Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Jan 11, 23 @ 10:26 am
–refuses extradit1ion to other states–
Comments here have been getting worse in the last few months for some reason. This is a perfect example.
There is no such ‘refusing extradition’, or whatever nonsense you are trying to convey here in this word salad.
Illinois is simply codifying what should otherwise be obvious - things which violate the law in other states based on those states laws, but not in Illinois, are not a valid legal basis to file any sort of court action based on the legality of something in another state.
What it helps most with are people who would be the easiest targets - the vulnerable. This provides an immediate affirmative defense to any such claim, instead of having to spend time and money defending against this nonsense based on the laws in other states. For those without the money and the most likely targets, it would be even more damaging to them.
Should Kentucky be able to arrest you for buying alcohol in Illinois, simply because there are counties in Kentucky where you can’t legally buy alcohol?
The state of Illinois is under no legal, ethical, constitutional, or moral obligation to participate in the enforcement of the laws of other states.
Comment by TheInvisibleMan Wednesday, Jan 11, 23 @ 10:30 am
Hannah is gonna Hannah, one of best “of the best”
To the post,
===Under the bill, which Gov. JB Pritzker said he will sign, Illinois would join California, Massachusetts and a handful of other East Coast states in establishing “shield laws” protecting information about abortions from being subject to subpoenas and orders for witness testimony issued from courts in other states.===
For me, with so much good in the bill, make no mistake, the “shield laws” aspect is easily the most direct protection that will be necessary in this new world, and that should be applauded in protecting the rights of women seeking healthcare denied and more pointedly possibly being legally harmed for receiving.
It’s a huge bill. Congrats to those getting this done.
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jan 11, 23 @ 10:33 am
==So downstate conservatives…==
Wonky Kong, you spelled New York Times Pitchbot wrong in your user name. To the post: Good. Women should not be put into prison for taking a medication to not die from complications due to pregnancy.
Comment by Nuke The Whales Poster Wednesday, Jan 11, 23 @ 10:58 am
== So here’s a dumb but honest question. It’s a little after 10 AM and the new legislature gets sworn in at noon. As of this moment the ILGA website shows this bill as not having been sent to the governor. Doesn’t that have to happen in less than two hours? Or is that not how it works? ==
Bills have 30 calendar days after passage to be sent to the governor for signature.
Comment by Dunwich Snorer Wednesday, Jan 11, 23 @ 1:30 pm