Thank you for signing up for Monday night’s presentation: Speaking with the Speaker: A Reproductive Rights Panel with Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch, which also features bypass attorney Melissa Widen, and Dr. Allison Cowett. The materials below will give you some useful background information. (Please note that the Zoom link will be sent on the day of the event.)
- A report published jointly by the ACLU and Human Rights Watch, “The Only People It Really Affects Are the People It Hurts” – The Human Rights Consequences of Parental Notice of Abortion in Illinois. (The first 12 pages of this lengthy document provide a summary and recommendations). Click here to view or download.
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- A Chicago Sun-Times op-ed by panelist Dr. Allison Cowett that was published earlier this year, “As a doctor, I can tell you why Illinois should revoke the Parental Notice of Abortion Act”. Click here to view or download.
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- A 4-minute video prepared by Human Rights Watch, “#RepealPNA”. Click here to watch.
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