Illinois seeks to protect the anonymity of abortion providers at women’s expense
By Kim Hayes - Posted at Pregnancy Help News: Published April 1, 2025 Various abortion states such as California, New York, and Massachusetts, have enacted and/or proposed “shield laws” to provide sanctuary to abortion providers from the law. Currently Illinois is looking to “bolster the scope” of its shield law to give cover for abortion providers who prescribe chemical abortion drugs, according to top-100 law firm Nixon Peabody. If the state has its way abortion providers will be protected as they send dangerous chemical abortion drugs across state lines. Illinois will likely amend its current shield law to mirror New York’s law which enables prescribers to instruct pharmacies to keep their name off chemical abortion drugs mifepristone and misoprostol. Continue here...
