SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois governor is urging the U.S. Senate to stand up for women’s reproductive rights in a vote planned for later Wednesday.
Supporters of abortion rights were stunned last week when Politico reported on a leaked preliminary opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court suggesting it would overturn its landmark 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide.
The Democratic governor was joined Wednesday by abortion-rights supporters at a Planned Parenthood “logistics” facility in the Illinois suburbs of St. Louis. The facility arranges travel, lodging and other assistance for out-of-state women seeking abortions to come to Illinois where it is legal under state law.
