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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kathleen Foody

Illinois city backs abortion pills ban, defying legal risks

Chicago Tribune

An Illinois city on Tuesday banned the mailing or shipping of abortion pills, defying the state's Democratic attorney general and the American Civil Liberties Union, who have repeatedly warned that the move violates Illinois law's protection of abortion as a fundamental right.

The ordinance passed the city council in Danville, near Illinois' eastern border with Indiana, by one vote, a tiebreaker cast by Mayor Rickey Williams.

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