A day before Indiana’s near-total abortion ban goes into effect, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday announced additional steps he’s taking to expand abortion care in Illinois — including the creation of a hotline to help patients schedule reproductive services at hospitals across the state.
A new nurse-staffed program, dubbed the Complex Abortion Regional Line for Access, is scheduled to be launched in August. The hotline, known as CARLA for short, will give patients with complex medical needs a resource to schedule appointments within Illinois hospital systems, acquire required pre-operative testing, and arrange for payment, transportation and child care.
