(a) Every individual has a fundamental right to make autonomous decisions about the individual's own reproductive health, including the fundamental right to use or refuse reproductive health care. (b) Every individual who becomes pregnant has a fundamental right to continue the pregnancy and give birth or to have an abortion, and to make autonomous decisions about how to exercise that right. (c) A fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus does not have independent rights under the laws of this State.
775 ILCS 55/1-15
Fundamental reproductive health rights
Known as the Reproductive Health Act
The act spans §§ 775-55-1-1 to 775-55-1-97 (9 sections).
P.A. 101-13, eff. 6-12-19.
Official source: Illinois General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Illinois statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.