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Roe 

is

AT

Risk

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THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ACT

Without the Reproductive Health Act (RHA), when Roe is overturned (not if) Illinois could have:

 

  • Lack of insurance coverage for abortion care and birth control

  • Mandatory spousal consent for abortion

  • 24-hour waiting periods

  • Bans on assisted reproductive techniques like in vitro fertilization (IVF).

Only passing the RHA will protect women’s reproductive rights in Illinois.

About the RHA

The Reproductive Health Act (RHA) is all that stands between the women of Illinois and anti-choice extremists wanting to ban safe, legal abortion.

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CONTACT YOUR STATE SENATOR TODAY TO URGE THEM TO PASS THE RHA!

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TAKE ACTION

Not Sure What To Say? Here’s A Quick Script.

DIAL YOUR SENATOR NOW!

Not Sure What To Say? Here’s A Quick Script.

“Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME], I live in [YOUR CITY OR ILLINOIS SENATE DISTRICT]  I’m calling because I want you to support and vote YES on the Reproductive Health Act.

 

Extreme politicians are introducing, and right-wing anti-choice people are supporting, unconstitutional bills with one goal - to ban safe, legal abortion.

 

With the current make-up of the Supreme Court and new threats to safe, legal abortion it is critical that Illinois lead in ensuring reproductive freedom is a reality for ALL Illinois women!

 

Women’s rights are under attack and we need you to whatever you can to make sure this bill passes. Thank you.”

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What’s At Stake For Every Woman In Illinois?

When Roe is overturned this is what women in Illinois could be subject to:

denied

coverage

Private insurance companies will be free to deny coverage for abortion care and birth control, without exceptions.

no

confidentiality

Reporting requirements sought by anti-abortion groups to harass and intimidate patients will be in force.

criminal

penalties

Doctors will face numerous criminal penalties for performing an abortion.

24 hour waiting periods

Abortion will be the ONLY medical procedure with a dangerous and unnecessary mandated waiting period.

misinformed

consent

Doctors will be required to read anti-choice propaganda that has no medical basis, like that abortion causes cancer.

ban assisted reproductive techniques

Such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), and certain forms of prenatal testing.

spousal

consent

Married women will be required to get their husband's consent to get an abortion.

doctor consent committees

Women will have to BEG multiple doctors to gain their approval in order to obtain an abortion.

WHAT'S AT RISK

restrictions on certain forms of birth control

Open Letter to the Illinois House of Representatives Democratic Majority:

We the undersigned Illinois women are alarmed by the lack of action in the Illinois House on two measures critical to women’s health care all across Illinois – the Reproductive Health Act and repeal of Illinois’ dangerous Teen Endangerment Law.

There are currently more than twenty cases in the federal court system designed to directly challenge Roe v. Wade, while new, more restrictive laws concerning abortion and birth control are being presented and adopted in other states each week. These cases will be heard by a U.S. Supreme Court with two Donald Trump appointed Justices who, along with Trump and Mike Pence, have made no secret of wanting to oppose Roe. Vice President Mike Pence has promised to send Roe “into the ash heap of history.” President Trump also suggested that doctors who perform abortions would need to be subjected to some form of punishment. We do not want this for doctors and women in Illinois.

Women and the vast pro-choice majority across the state cannot sit idly by and wait to see how these cases sort out, and how our rights are affected in Illinois. We urge the Democrats in the Illinois House to take action in Springfield and protect our reproductive health care choices here in Illinois. The Reproductive Health Act, as an example, removes dangerous laws – long blocked by courts – that make some forms of abortion care and even birth control a criminal act. We believe it is extremely irresponsible to leave enjoined laws, some enjoined based on Roe, on the books in Illinois. These enjoined laws include:

  • Spousal Consent

  • Bans on assisted reproductive techniques, such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), and certain forms of prenatal testing

  • Doctor Consent Committees

  • Restrictions on certain forms of birth control

  • 24-Hour Waiting Periods

  • Misinformed Consent

  • Hospital Requirement and other TRAP laws

  • No Confidentiality

  • Criminal Penalties

In addition, private insurance companies, that freely cover male performance enhancement drugs and procedures, will be free to deny coverage for birth control and abortion care, even when a woman’s health is threatened or she is a victim of rape or incest.

The Illinois House of Representatives MUST pass the Reproductive Health Act immediately and act with equal urgency when SB 1594 comes from the Senate. We believed Donald Trump in 2016 when he made clear that he was committed to ending abortion rights in the United States. It’s time for the Illinois House of Representatives to also believe him and protect Illinois women in the coming post-Roe era.

Barbara Bluhm-Kaul

Helen Zell

Sheli Rosenberg

Sheila Gutman

H. Gael Neeson

Grace Newton

Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth

Paloma Delgadillo

Michelle Fadeley

Anna Valencia

Eileen Boyce

Jessica M. Scheller

Annie Williams

Carolyn Cochran Kopel

Nikita Richards

Harlene Ellin

Becky Powers

Jaquie Algee

Kate LeFurgy

Becky Carroll

Gail Schnitzer Eisenberg

Michelle Taylor

Esther Patt

Marie Newman

Nikki Budzinski

Rebecca Borges

Lara Sisselman

Leslie Wertheimer

Veronica R. Delgado

Kat Rokhlin

Caroline Wellford

Terri Brax

Elizabeth Schraft

Meg Callahan

Kelly Kleiman

Sue Imrem

Lindsey M. Marcus

Sara Dixon Spivy

Stacey Sherr Michelon

Jean Sampson

Elaine Abramson

Ann Courter

Judith L. Sensibar

Susan Seigle

Gabrielle Sigel

Katherine Hess Tallering

Pamela Crutchfield

Aviva Futorian

Cari Sacks

Marilyn Malkin

Amy Bluhm

Dedrea Gray

Mary Stowell

Deloris Manny

Bari Fradin

Rebecca Vlasic

Amy Small

Michelle McBride

Marilyn Kenig Cohen

Barbara Engel

Nanette Wollack

Sondra Berman Epstein

Nancia Shawver

Meredith George

Diana Maracich

Deborah Franczek

Barbara Kessler

Dorothy Press

Marilyn F. Vitale

Diane M. Henry

Ellie Bahrmasel

Andrea Friedman

Jill F. Levi

Melissa Widen

Sara Fisher

Natalie Federle

Abby McCormick O'Neil

Carole Schecter

Frona Daskal

Jacqueline L. Hirsh

Sheila Nielsen

Inna Elterman

Jacqueline Kaplan-Perkins

Deborah Lissner Brown

Dorothy B. Mayer

Ann Goodman

Katelynd Duncan

Carole Boron

Brittany Graunke

Eileen Dordek

Donna Gutman

Kathleen Garvey

Miriam Klevan

Jackie Bousek

Dana Goldsmith Gordon

Susan Humerick

Liz Lefkofsky

Sally Kovler

Joanne Steinback

Marcena W. Love

Lisa Fleisher

Ethel Gofen

Kathy Taslitz

Phoebe Sacks

Jodi Block

Lottie Bell

Linda Richter

Renata Kukoc

Dana Hughes

Emily Fern

Jamie Weil

Heidi Kirsch

Suzanne Grossinger Gould

Jill Katz

Elise Sacks

Joanne Liberman

Mimi Schapiro

Susan R. Lichtenstein

Trish Rooney

Liz Lund

Rebecca Friedland

Sydnee Greenberg

Amy Topel

Julie Aronson

Jessica Bernstein

Dolores Ochoa

Marcia Balonick

Gail Manning

Ajd Ginsberg

Cyndy Benjamin

Marlene Breslow-Blitstein

Marion Fern

Carol Beitler

Alex Topel

Leslie Jaffe

Lynn Pearl

Jessie Abt

Allison A. Cowett

Emily Sweet

Lisa Belcher

Yumi Ross

Ellen Wineberg

Carole Gutter

Pam Strobel

Joan W. Harris

Kimberly Keywell

Marjorie Benton

Jennifer Abt

K Sujata

Jennifer Diamond

Julie Sacks

Irma Schwartz

Karen Malkin

Susan Bowey

Andrea Grostern

Kathleen LeFurgy

Grace Barter

Mimi Frankel

Nancy Schaefer

Carol Stein

Marilyn Fields

Carol Prins

Sheara Horwich

Elizabeth Lassar

Fay Clayton

Julie Hamos

Laura Tucker

Jamie Schwartz

Dee Beaubien

Elizabeth Wellek

Marci Barth

Melissa Gilliam

Tracy Whitehead

Marian L. Michaels

Janice E. Rodgers

Eileen Rhodes

Nancy Anne Olaimey

Julie Levitz

Kemery Bloom

Sunghee Sohn

Kim Kamin

Lori Kaufman

Susan Bronstein

Elizabeth Massaro

Bonnie Fry Rothman

Carolyn Grisko

Jennifer Lee

Tasha Liberman

Eydie Sternberg

Ellen J. Benjamin

Laura Kofoid

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