- Published: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 07:19 PM
Today, legislators from Georgia and Missouri were in Springfield to talk about the importance of taking action now to protect women’s reproductive rights. With at least 20 cases working their way through the federal court system and a US Supreme Court that can’t be counted on to protect women, it’s likely that Roe v. Wade will be overturned in the near future. The Reproductive Health Act guarantees that regardless of what happens at the federal level, Illinois women will have the right to reproductive health care.