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Pritzker talks abortion in Metro East

Wednesday, May 11, 2022 - Posted by Rich Miller

* WTVO

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker held a press conference at a Planned Parenthood recovery center on Wednesday to urge federal lawmakers to protect Roe v Wade. […]

“More than 75% of this clinic’s patients are from out-of-state – coming from places like Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas, and Kentucky, sometimes traveling eight-plus hours and hundreds of miles to get basic reproductive care,” Pritzker continued. “Often these patients have struggled to get the necessary childcare, lodging, and time off work. They’re patients who’ve struggled to find enough money to travel this far. Patients who’ve had to answer personal questions to their employers or had to invent a reason to be gone for days. Patients who’ve faced hurdles at every turn in the pursuit of basic healthcare. And let’s be crystal clear about this point: abortion is healthcare.”

* From today’s press conference…

Q: Are you doing anything that will protect abortion providers from being criminalized by other states?

A: We are looking at, I have actually engaged the Attorney General’s office as well as my own general counsel’s office in the legislation that we might be able to put together to protect people from being sued or being held criminally liable for performing reproductive rights procedures in the state of Illinois. It seems to me that that is something that it also is going to be litigated through the courts because it it is ridiculous to me that you could have this kind of cross border attack on people in the state of Illinois. So we’re going to do everything, everything within our power to protect our providers, and to protect people who are seeking to get the services they deserve.

* New York Times last month

Connecticut lawmakers approved a bill late Friday night that takes direct aim at states that have passed aggressive anti-abortion laws as the country prepares for a Supreme Court ruling this summer that could weaken or overturn the constitutional right to abortion enshrined in Roe v. Wade.

The Connecticut bill, which Gov. Ned Lamont, a Democrat, has said he intends to sign, would expand the field of people who can perform certain types of abortions beyond doctors, to include nurse-midwives, physician assistants and other medical professionals.

And in what lawmakers said could be a model for other states seeking to safeguard abortion rights, the law would also shield abortion providers and patients from lawsuits initiated by states that have banned or plan to ban abortion, even outside their own borders.

The law would protect a provider in Connecticut who administers an abortion that is legal in the state to a resident of a different state where the procedure is illegal, by prohibiting Connecticut authorities from cooperating with investigative requests or extradition orders from the patient’s home state. The law would also allow people who are sued over their role in providing an abortion to countersue in Connecticut court, and to recoup legal fees and other costs if they win.

Gov. Lamont signed the bill.

* Pritzker was asked about the new Connecticut law today…

We’re trying to make sure that we’re looking at the Connecticut law, as well as making adjustments that we think might be even better to protect the providers.

He also said he is also looking at allowing advanced practice nurses to perform abortions and provide scholarships to bring more people into the profession.

* Politico

At least 23 states are likely to ban or severely limit access to abortions should Roe be overturned, including states with pre-Roe bans still on the books or so-called trigger laws that would take effect quickly, if not automatically. Should those all come to pass, it would jeopardize abortion access for some 36 million women of reproductive age, according to the Guttmacher Institute.

And the medical migration has already begun. Planned Parenthood health centers in states bordering Texas saw a nearly 800 percent increase in abortion patients from September, when the state’s six-week abortion ban took effect, through the end of December 2021, as compared with a year prior. More than 500 out-of-state patients per month sought care from Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California during that time.

If Roe is overturned, Planned Parenthood of Illinois, which is surrounded by states that would restrict access to the procedure, expects abortions in its clinics to triple from what was 10,000 to 12,000 a year to as many as 30,000 a year.

“We have definitely seen an increase in the number of patients from out of state — from Texas, and now Oklahoma and Florida,” said Jennifer Welch, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Illinois, in an interview. “Before Texas, we would see about 4 to 6 percent of abortion patients from out of state. And now it’s about 8 percent of our abortion patients from out of state. We’re preparing for 20,000 to 30,000 abortion patients from out of state annually.” […]

In Illinois, philanthropic organizations are stepping in to help pay for transportation, lodging and child care for patients coming from out of state, and the city of Chicago is allotting $500,000 to help pay for those costs as well. […]

Medication abortions are only a viable option in the first 10 weeks of a pregnancy. Several states already ban or restrict abortions via telemedicine, and more could follow if Roe is overturned, raising legal questions for both patients and providers.

       

13 Comments
  1. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 11, 22 @ 2:16 pm:

    “Republicans are dangerous to women’s health. Democrats are fighting for women and their rights, as Republicans want to take rights away from women”

    With this post, that’s the groundwork here, showing how Pritzker (and Dems) are going to make women safe, and helping women looking for safe haven away from Republicans who are taking rights away.

    Now, can Dems gin up their base in an off-year that up till now was very “bad-looking” for Dems?

    It’s going to be, it can be, it will be a big issue come November, the question is how impactful a post Rich has here showing Pritzker engaged… will that equate to real GOTV type of empowerment for women’s health.


  2. - Misoprostol - Wednesday, May 11, 22 @ 2:20 pm:

    ===Medication abortions are only a viable option in the first 10 weeks of a pregnancy.===
    Misoprostol is effective for second trimester abortions too, it’s just not currently practiced. This might change as the need changes. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18772097/


  3. - Norseman - Wednesday, May 11, 22 @ 2:28 pm:

    The next two years will see an abortion civil war between red and blue states. This will show the damage the GOP have done to the federal judiciary. Should the GOP’s continued attack on democracy prove successful, we will see the end of this civil war when the GOP enact a national abortion prohibition.

    P.S. Hope Katie had a good visit to the Great State of IL.


  4. - MisterJayEm - Wednesday, May 11, 22 @ 2:31 pm:

    “we will see the end of this civil war when the GOP enact a national abortion prohibition.”

    To be honest, I see no reason why it would end there.

    – MrJM


  5. - Candy Dogood - Wednesday, May 11, 22 @ 2:33 pm:

    We’re here for you, Missouri.


  6. - Captain Obvious - Wednesday, May 11, 22 @ 2:42 pm:

    Abortion is healthcare, unless of course, you are the fetus being aborted. Not so healthy for you…


  7. - Fly like an eagle - Wednesday, May 11, 22 @ 2:49 pm:

    States can ban abortions all they want. They aren’t going to stop abortions. Women will get abortion pills in the mail. From a friend. From their dope dealer.
    All these states will succeed in doing is stopping the counting of abortions. And I suppose state politicians will brag about the lack of a count as as “success.”


  8. - Arsenal - Wednesday, May 11, 22 @ 2:52 pm:

    ==you are the fetus being aborted==

    Well, no one is, so.


  9. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 11, 22 @ 2:55 pm:

    === Abortion is healthcare, unless of course, you are the fetus being aborted. Not so healthy for you…===

    - Captain Obvious -

    With a remark like that, are you a woman?

    Thanks.


  10. - Brutal Facts - Wednesday, May 11, 22 @ 4:48 pm:

    The brutal fact is that many poor, largely minority girls will never be able to travel to Illinois, and will be voiceless and invisible as long as white sorority girls from Texas A & M can jet out-of-state for the weekend to get an abortion.

    To protect every victim, it might be necessary for Blue states to tell the Red States we’re only going to be providing out-of-state abortions until June of 2023.

    At some point, Texas needs to face the consequences of its own actions.


  11. - The Hills - Wednesday, May 11, 22 @ 6:11 pm:

    - Brutal Facts - Wednesday, May 11, 22 @ 4:48 pm:”To protect every victim, it might be necessary for Blue states to tell the Red States we’re only going to be providing out-of-state abortions until June of 2023.

    At some point, Texas needs to face the consequences of its own actions.”

    Those Hellneck states already don’t give a hoot about the po born, especially if Black. Please look at Mississippi and Arkansas Delta counties, po as po can be with little or no humane basic resources extended; but their moms’, with no child care, can work a low wage chicken factory or casino hotel cleaning rooms.


  12. - Blue Dog - Wednesday, May 11, 22 @ 7:58 pm:

    OW. I am Mrs Blue. I agree with captain obvious. And am a 74 yr old woman.


  13. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 11, 22 @ 8:14 pm:

    ===And am a 74 yr old woman.===

    I asked - Captain Obvious -, I appreciate your feedback.

    The snark towards healthcare was why I asked them.

    Be well.


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