Illinois Should Protect Reproductive Rights

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image People rally downtown for the Second Annual Women's March on January 20, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. © 2018 Scott Olson/Getty Images I had an abortion in the US state of Illinois as a young woman. I had support from friends and family, and I was able to access timely, compassionate care from a clinic 20 minutes from my home. I was treated with dignity and respect. It was the kind of abortion experience everyone should be able to have. But too many people in the US face difficult, and sometimes insurmountable, barriers accessing abortion care, which is why people…

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