Many women with high-risk pregnancies can’t get abortions in their home states. Illinois welcomes them.

Source WBEZ
Original Load Date Aug. 3, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
Last Updated Aug. 3, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2026/08/03/many-women-with-high-risk-pregnancies-cant-get-abortions-in-their-home-states-illinois-welcomes-them

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As states across much of the South and Midwest banned or further restricted abortions after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in 2022, they fueled a wave of people with high-risk pregnancies traveling to hospitals in Chicago. The prohibitions also spurred a group of doctors, hospitals, a...