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JB Pritzker
Illinois is a haven of abortion access in the midwest and a national leader on reproductive rights. Under Governor JB Pritzker’s leadership, Illinois has enacted comprehensive abortion rights legislation, established interstate shield law protections, required full Medicaid coverage of reproductive care, prohibited fake clinics from using deception to interfere with patients’ ability to access reproductive care, and more.
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JB Pritzker

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Governor Pritzker Signed the Reproductive Health Act
The Reproductive Health Act (2019) prohibits the state from denying, restricting, interfering with, or discriminating against a person’s exercise of the fundamental right to make their own decisions regarding reproductive health, enshrining comprehensive reproductive rights in state law.
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Governor Pritzker Signed the Reproductive Health Act

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As Illinois remains a beacon for reproductive healthcare in a region increasingly plagued by inhumane restrictions, I'm proud to join my fellow Governors to help fulfill the promise I made when Roe v. Wade was overturned: we will not go backwards.

Governor JB Pritzker, Illinois

KEY ACTIONS

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    Investment in Planned Parenthood Funding
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    •  December 23, 2025

    Investment in Planned Parenthood Funding

    On December 23, 2025, The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) is investing $4 million in Medicaid family planning programming. The move comes after the passage of H.R. 1, a federal law that prohibits Planned Parenthood providers from receiving Medicaid funding.
    Gov. Pritzker Signs Bills to Fortify Reproductive Health Care in Illinois
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    Gov. Pritzker Signs Bills to Fortify Reproductive Health Care in Illinois

    Gov. Pritzker signed an expanded state shield law (HB3637) protecting health care providers from discipline for providing health care services that are lawful in Illinois, and HB3709 which requires public colleges and universities to offer contraception and medication abortion if they have an on-campus pharmacy or student health center.
    Challenging Mifepristone Restrictions
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    •  August 20, 2025

    Challenging Mifepristone Restrictions

    In August 2025, Illinois joined a multi-state coalition in filing a petition to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to remove medically unnecessary, burdensome restrictions on mifepristone, a safe and effective abortion medication. The petition states that “given mifepristone’s well-established safety record in the United States over the last 25 years, its critical importance for abortion care and miscarriage management in Petitioner States, and the undue burdens the Mifepristone REMS Program places on patient access and the health care delivery system, the Mifepristone REMS Program should be removed in its entirety, or alternatively, FDA should exercise its discretion not to enforce the Mifepristone REMS Program (or elements thereof) in Petitioner States.”
    Senate Bill 2215
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    •  August 15, 2025

    Senate Bill 2215

    In August 2025, Governor Pritzker signed S.B. 2215 into law, which requires the Illinois Department of Public Health to provide information to health care professionals on fertility assessments and resources for women over the age of 25.
    House Bill 2688
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    •  August 15, 2025

    House Bill 2688

    In August 2025, Governor Pritzker signed H.B. 2688 into law, which allows certified nurse midwives to enter a written agreement with a physician to provide or assist with home births.
    House Bill 3489
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    •  August 15, 2025

    House Bill 3489

    In August 2025, Governor Pritzker signed H.B. 3489 into law, which allows pharmacists to dispense all contraceptives, including emergency contraceptives, and codifies current Department of Healthcare and Family Services practice to require Medicaid coverage of emergency contraceptives.
    Protecting Health Data Against Federal Weaponization
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    •  August 13, 2025

    Protecting Health Data Against Federal Weaponization

    In July 2025, Illinois joined a multistate coalition in filing a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) decision to provide unchecked access to individual personal health data to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
    House Bill 3637
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    •  August 1, 2025

    House Bill 3637

    In August 2025, Governor Pritzker signed H.B. 3637 into law, which prohibits the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and health care institutions from taking disciplinary or non-disciplinary action against a provider for the provision of medical care legal in Illinois. In doing so, the bill creates new protections for the licenses of clinicians who provide abortion care and prescribe abortion medication.
    Lawsuit Protecting Planned Parenthood Funding
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    •  July 29, 2025

    Lawsuit Protecting Planned Parenthood Funding

    Illinois joined 22 other states and the District of Columbia in filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging the 2025 budget reconciliation provision that prohibits Planned Parenthood health centers and a small number of other reproductive health care providers from receiving Medicaid reimbursements for one year if they meet certain qualifications. In the lawsuit, the States have argued that that the defunding provision violates a number of constitutional requirements, including the Spending Clause of the Constitution, will have a harmful impact on their states’ residents, and violates Planned Parenthood’s First Amendment rights.  This lawsuit aims to protect Medicaid patients’ access to reproductive health care by keeping long-standing, essential Medicaid health care providers in the program.
    Investment in Office of Women’s Health
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    •  June 16, 2025

    Investment in Office of Women’s Health

    In June 2025, Governor Pritzker signed this Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations package into law, which invests $20 million in general funds for the Office of Women’s Health for a reproductive health care navigation hotline.
    Investigating Data Privacy Violations
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    •  June 12, 2025

    Investigating Data Privacy Violations

    In June 2025, the Pritzker Administration announced investigations into potential violations of a state law that prohibits the sharing of license-plate reader information with out of state investigations or prosecutions pertaining to abortion care or immigration status.
    New Illinois Law Expands Protections for Reproductive Health Decision-Making
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    New Illinois Law Expands Protections for Reproductive Health Decision-Making

    Public Act 103-0785 prohibits discrimination on the basis of reproductive health decisions in employment, housing, financial credit, and public accommodations. The law clarifies and extends existing protections in the Illinois Human Rights Act, ensuring Illinoisans have the right to engage in reproductive health decision-making without facing discrimination.
    Birth Equity Initiative Grants and Illinois Birth Equity Blueprint
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    •  January 29, 2025

    Birth Equity Initiative Grants and Illinois Birth Equity Blueprint

    In January 2025, the Illinois Department of Public Health awarded $4.5 million to 12 organizations to reduce disparities in adverse birth outcomes.

    In September 2025, Governor JB Pritzker, Lieutenant Governor Stratton, and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) released the Illinois Birth Equity Blueprint – a roadmap designed to improve maternal healthcare and birth outcomes in Illinois. The Blueprint builds upon the Illinois Birth Equity Initiative.
    Medicaid Coverage of Doula Care
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    •  December 19, 2024

    Medicaid Coverage of Doula Care

    In December 2024, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services announced that the Medicaid fee-for-service program and HealthChoice Illinois managed care organizations would cover doula services.
    House Bill 5239
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    •  August 7, 2024

    House Bill 5239

    In August 2024, Governor Pritzker signed H.B. 5239 into law, which strengthens and expands the state’s shield law. H.B. 5239 prevents state and local jurisdictions from providing any information or expending any resources to help an out of state entity investigate legal health care, including abortion, provided in Illinois.
    House Bill 581
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    •  August 7, 2024

    House Bill 581

    In August 2024, Governor Pritzker signed H.B. 581 into law, which ensures that pregnant women can access needed emergency medical care, codifying federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) requirements.
    Amicus Brief in Food and Drug Administration, et al., v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine
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    Amicus Brief in Food and Drug Administration, et al., v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine

    Governor Pritzker and 21 other governors filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of abortion rights in Food and Drug Administration, et al., v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine. In this brief, the Reproductive Freedom Alliance governors argued that if the Court reverses FDA approval of Mifepristone and limits access to the vital medicine, it could undermine Governors’ ability to provide adequate healthcare services and would have far-reaching implications beyond reproductive healthcare.
    The Youth Health and Safety Act
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    The Youth Health and Safety Act

    This public act repeals the Parental Notice of Abortion Act, a forced parental involvement law that was a barrier to reproductive healthcare for minors, and creates a bipartisan working group focused on pregnant and parenting youth, and youth who may become pregnant and parents.
    Public Act 103-0540
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    Public Act 103-0540

    PA 103-0540 prohibits the sharing of data collected by Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) with any state or local jurisdiction for the purpose of prosecuting a law that would interfere with accessing reproductive health care and gender affirming care.
    1115 Waiver
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    1115 Waiver

    Illinois submitted a 1115 waiver for Medicaid reimbursement for reproductive
    health to expand capacity for existing providers.
    Medicaid Reimbursement Rates Increased
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    Medicaid Reimbursement Rates Increased

    Illinois’ Medicaid program increased reimbursement rates for abortion procedures in 2020 and again in response to the Dobbs decision to ensure continued access to care and to provide greater financial stability to Illinois’ provider network.
    Public Act 103-0462
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    Public Act 103-0462

    In response to a lawsuit challenging the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, PA 103-0462 requires insurance coverage for FDA-approved drugs that are prescribed or ordered for off-label use to provide abortion care, such as misoprostol, as a single-drug regimen.
    Pre-Purchase Mifepristone
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    Pre-Purchase Mifepristone

    In response to a lawsuit challenging the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, Illinois ensured an uninterrupted supply of mifepristone by allowing providers to pre-purchase a supply of the drug through state Medicaid.
    Cross-Agency Reproductive Healthcare Initiatives
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    Cross-Agency Reproductive Healthcare Initiatives

    In 2023, Governor Pritzker announced a number of cross-agency initiatives and programs intended to lower barriers of access to reproductive care. These efforts establish a state partnership with hospitals and clinic-based providers to create a navigation network program that will help people seeking abortions find appropriate and timely care.
    Training Grants
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    Training Grants

    The Illinois Department of Public Health has been partnering with organizations to provide grants for abortion training and provider learning collaboratives. In April 2024, the Department announced an additional $2 million in training grants to improve reproductive health services.
    Standing Order – Hormonal Contraception
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    Standing Order – Hormonal Contraception

    In 2023, the Illinois Department of Public Health issued a standing order that allows pharmacists to provide patients hormonal birth control over the counter.
    Public Act 103-0465
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    Public Act 103-0465

    PA 103-0465 ensures that Illinois public university and community college students will be able to access Plan B at Wellness Kiosks on their campuses.
    Public Act 102-1117
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    Public Act 102-1117

    The comprehensive reproductive rights law protects health care providers and their patients from legal attacks by neighboring states, expands health care access and options throughout this state, reduces restrictions on reproductive health care, and requires private health insurance plans in Illinois to cover abortion as they would other pregnancy-related care.

    IN THE NEWS

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    • How the States We Govern Have Stepped Up in the Three Years Since Dobbs
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  • TIME
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    •  June 24, 2025 • JB Pritzker and Michelle Lujan Grisham

    How the States We Govern Have Stepped Up in the Three Years Since Dobbs

    JB Pritzker and Michelle Lujan Grisham

    As “surge states,” we know our role in this moment. The future of reproductive freedom in America will continue to be determined by state leaders who are prepared to do everything in their power to defend it. That means prioritizing reproductive health care in our policy agendas, defending it in our budgets, and building resilient legal and clinical infrastructure that can withstand the threats ahead.
    For J.B. Pritzker, the fight for reproductive freedom is personal
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  • Washington Post
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    •  February 27, 2024 • McKenzie Beard

    For J.B. Pritzker, the fight for reproductive freedom is personal

    McKenzie Beard

    Think Big America is funneling money and resources into ballot measure campaigns aimed at enshrining abortion rights in Nevada and Arizona.
    Pritzker signs law to safeguard abortion patients, providers
  • CBS News Chicago
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  • CBS News Chicago
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    •  January 3, 2023

    Pritzker signs law to safeguard abortion patients, providers

    “Here in Illinois, we know that reproductive care is health care,” Pritzker said. “A medical decision should be made between a patient and their health care provider.”

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