Physician assistants and nurse practitioners are now fully authorized to perform some of the most common in-clinic abortions across Illinois, and out-of-state patients seeking such care won’t have to worry about their information being shared with authorities in states where the treatment has been outlawed.
Those are just two provisions of a sweeping bill signed into law Friday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker aiming to bolster Illinois’ status as “an island of reproductive justice” following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade.
