Illinois Gov. Pritzker Signs Law Mandating Abortion Pills at Public Universities
“It came about through the work of pro-abortion student activists”
Pritzker is going to run for president and he is looking for young supporters.
The College Fix reports:
Illinois governor signs new law mandating abortion pills on campus
Public colleges and universities in Illinois will be required to offer abortion pills on campus under a new law that Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed on Friday.
In a video on X, Pritzker said he was “very proud” to sign the legislation at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, surrounded by students and abortion activists.
“I made a promise to the women of Illinois — as governor, I will ensure your medical decisions will be your own,” Pritzker said in the video. “Now, we continue fulfilling that promise.”
However, a state pro-life organization said the legislation will hurt students.
“This bill places the health and safety of young women at risk and turns institutions of higher learning into abortion facilities,” Illinois Right to Life responded in a statement to WCIA News.
The law, House Bill 3709, requires public institutions of higher education to provide access to contraception and medication abortions to students for free, if the campus has a student health center.
If the center includes a pharmacy, it must provide contraception and abortion pills to students, according to the bill. Institutions that do not have a pharmacy on campus will be required to provide students with “access to health care professionals” who can prescribe contraception and abortion pills off campus or through telehealth.
The law goes into effect immediately.
It came about through the work of pro-abortion student activists, The College Fix previously reported.
One of the students originally involved, Grace Hosey, now an alumna of UI, thanked the governor for helping abortion activists pass the law.
“It was a really cool experience to see that something so small that you and your friends do together at college can turn into an actual statewide law,” Hosey told The Daily Illini student newspaper.
However, the bill attracted criticism from some Republican lawmakers, including state Rep. Reagan Deering, R-Decatur, The Center Square reports.
“These bills work to promote and celebrate abortion rather than work to build up the services and support to help empower women through their pregnancy and even postpartum,” Deering said. “The Democrats need to worry less about Trump-proofing and more about serving those we were elected to represent.”
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“I made a promise to the women of Illinois — as governor, I will ensure your medical decisions will be your own,” Pritzker said in the video. “Now, we continue fulfilling that promise.”
What about pro-life women? Do they not count? Their tax monies are no being used to give free tuition to illegals and support careless students who won’t use birth control.
Priorities, Putzker, yours are awful.
gop allows our tax money to be used to pay for abortions so it makes it easier for the dnc to achieve their agenda
What is he gonna do?
The tampon ploy was out, Tim already has that trademarked.
Neither of the “abortion pills”, mifepristone (“RU-486”) or misoprostol (a drug with actual, legitimate purposes) is without adverse effects. When either or both is used for a chemical abortion, they have to be used carefully and with medical supervision. They aren’t just like taking an Advil after spraining an ankle or stubbing a toe—Fat Boy Pritzker and his ilk are acting like these drugs are. Matter of fact, most women get better care when they walk into a clinic for a sprained ankle or stubbed toe than when they are getting a remote consult for an abortion. It’s appalling to me as a physician!
Only taxpayer-money-addicted Democrats could be stupid enough to aid and abet the murder of millions of potential taxpayers.