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Earlier today, the Illinois Senate Public Health Committee approved Senate Bill 1594, which repeals the Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995. The law has been enforced only since 2013, after decades of courts blocking enforcement.
**UPDATE: The Village of Downers Grove has provided documents confirming that it has stopped sharing information with ICE through the Vigilant Solutions LEARN database.
Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth and Representative Jan Schakowsky helped introduce the EACH Woman Act in Congress, which wouldensure coverage for abortion for every woman however much she earns, however she is insured, or wherever she lives.
In strong terms, the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois today will tell an Illinois House Committee that the Department of Children and Family Services is failing and can only be rescued by new leadership with a visionary approach to caring for children.
The below statements are in reaction to the announced appointment of Maggie Hickey to serve as the independent monitor and the intended appointment of David H. Coar to serve as a Special Master for the consent decree:
The ACLU of Illinois today called for an end to an invasive program that allows Chicago police to monitor the social media accounts of the City’s residents.