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For reproductive health workers, a big change since the Dobbs ruling - Roll Call

Post-Roe, health workers struggle with worries about job security, breaking state abortion laws and receiving proper medical training.

Roll Call · Oct 29, 2024

Post-Roe, Illinois becomes haven for abortion access - Roll Call

In the aftermath of the 2022 Dobbs decision, a small town in Illinois has become a go-to location for those seeking reproductive care.

Roll Call · Aug 21, 2024

Lisa Jarvis: For many women seeking abortions, all roads now lead to Illinois

June 24, 2022, was a devastating day for Jennifer Welsch, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Illinois. That was the day the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson decision overruled Roe v. Wade, clearing the way for states to ban or severely restrict abortion.

Tribune News Service · Jun 27, 2023

Four more Republican-led US states ban almost all abortions

Additional ‘trigger laws’ that automatically ban abortion are set to go into effect in numerous US states this week.

Al Jazeera · Aug 25, 2022

With Roe overturned, Illinois — a Midwest refuge for abortion care — prepares for influx of patients from other states

CHICAGO — Illinois’ role as a haven of abortion care in the Midwest was magnified Friday, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a watershed decision that reverses nearly a half-century of federally protected reproductive freedoms.

Chicago Tribune · Jun 24, 2022

Abortion-friendly states prep for more patients if Roe falls

Reproductive rights advocates are planning to open new abortion clinics or expand the capacity of existing ones in states without restrictive abortion laws

The Independent UK · May 19, 2022

Additional support needs services to be expanded in West Dunbartonshire

Councillors backed plans to increase the secondary provision in the local area – as education chiefs said an extra nine classes for severe and complex learners were required.

Daily Record · Mar 22, 2022