>> SOME DEMOCRATIC ILLINOIS

LAWMAKERS WANT TO EXPAND

ABORTION RIGHTS HERE.

THE SPONSOR OF WHOI ABORTION

BILLS SAYS THE TIMING IS RELATED

TO PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD

TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PROMISE TO SEEK

ANTIABORTION SUPREME COURT

NOMINEES.

PARIS SCHUTZ HAS EXCLUSIVE

DETAILS.

PARIS?

>> THERE'S MOVEMENT TO EXPAND

AND PROTECT ABORTION ACCESS FOR

WOMEN IN ILLINOIS IN THE WAKE OF

PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP'S SUPPOSED

STANCE ON THIS ISSUE.

THERE ARE TWO PIECES OF

LEGISLATION THAT THE SPONSOR

SAYS COULD GET VOTED ON AS EARLY

AS NEXT JANUARY.

THERE IS A LOT OF URGENCY.

THE FIRST WOULD EXPAND ABORTION

COVERAGE FOR ILLINOISANS ON THE

STATE'S MEDICAID PLAN THE LOW

INCOME HEALTH PLAN.

AND

APPREHENSIVE FOR A WHOLE HOST OF

REASONS.

DOCTORS ARE VERY BLACK AND

WHITE.

THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE

A SERVICE FOR THEIR PATIENTS AND

IT IS A VERY MURKY BODY OF LAW.

AND WE NEED TO CLEAN IT UP.

>> ON THE PARTS OF DOCTORS

BECAUSE THERE IS AN AUDITOR IN

THE MEDICAID SYSTEM THAT AUDITS

WHETHER THE CONDITION OF THE

WOMEN WARRANTS AT BORINGS.

DOCTORS WANT TO KNOW WHETHER

THEY WILL GET REIMBURSED.

RIGHT TO LIFE ILLINOIS SAYS THIS

NEW BILL WOULD CREATE IN THEIR

MINDS AN OASIS WHERE

MIDWESTERNERS WOULD FLOOD TO

ABORTION COVERAGE WHILE THE

PENDULUM IN THE OTHER STATES IS

SWINGING THE OTHER WAY.

>> THIS BILL WILL PROVIDE FREE

ABORTIONS FOR GOVERNMENT

EMPLOYEES AND FOR THOSE ON

MEDICAID THROUGH OBVIOUSLY NINE

MONTHS OF PREGNANCY EVEN IF THE

UNBORN CHILD CAN SURVIVE OUTSIDE

THE WOMB.

IT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO HAVE

ABORTIONS FOR ANY REASON.

EVEN IF THAT REASON IS THE

PREGNANCY THAT INCONVENIENCE,

AND NOW PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND I

WOULD BE FORCED TO PAY FOR THAT

THROUGH OUR TAX DOLLARS.

>> SHE SAID THIS LAW WOULD APPLY

TO THE MEDICAID SYSTEM AND STATE

EMPLOYEES ON THE STATE HEALTH

INSURANCE SYSTEM.

SARA FEIGENHOLTZ THE

REPRESENTATIVE BELIEVES THIS

WOULD NOT ADD COST TO THE

MEDICAID SYSTEM.

>> AS WE MENTIONED WHAT HAPPENS

IN ILLINOIS IF ABORTION RIGHTS

ARE RESTRICTED AT THE FEDERAL

LEVEL?

>> THIS IS THE OTHER BILL THAT

IS FLOATING AROUND NOW THAT THE

SPONSOR SAYS COULD GET CALLED IN

JANUARY.

IT DEALS WITH THAT.

ACCORDING TO THE SPONSOR IT

WOULD ABOLISH QUOTE TRIGGER

LANGUAGE THAT MEANS IS IF ROE V.

WADE IS OVERTURNED AND REMANDED

TO THE STATES TO FIGURE OUT BY

ILLINOIS LAW ABORTION AND BIRTH

CONTROL AUTOMATICALLY BECOME

ILLEGAL.

WHAT THIS BILL DOES IS REPEAL

THAT TRIGGER LANGUAGE AND MAKE

SURE ABORTIONS STAY LEGAL IF ROE

V. WADE DOES OVERTURN IT AND

SEND IT BACK TO THE STATES.

>> IN ROE VS. WADE IS OVERTURNED

ON THE SUPREME COURT IT WILL BE

CRIMINALIZED IN ILLINOIS.

IT WILL BE ILLEGAL IMMEDIATELY

TO HAVE ABORTIONS.

ABORTION SERVICES IN ILLINOIS

PERIOD.

SO WE REALLY WANT TO JUST GET

THAT OUT OF THE STATUTE.

IT MEANS THAT THE STATE OF

ILLINOIS AND THE ILLINOIS

LEGISLATURE HAS MADE A STATEMENT

PRO-ACTIVELY THAT WE ARE A SAFE

STATE FOR A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO

CHOOSE.

>> CONVENTIONAL WISDOM SAYS IT

MIGHT BE UNLIKELY THAT THE

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED

STATES REVERSES A LAW DECIDED

FOUR DECADES AGO BUT AN EXPERT

AT KENT COLLEGE OF LAW SHARP

SHARP WHO YOU WILL HEAR IN A BIT

SAYS IF THE MORE LIBERAL

JUSTICES LIKE BRIAR AND GINSBURG

WERE TO LEAVE AND BE REPLACED BY

HARDLINED CONSERVATIVES SHE SAYS

ALL BETS ARE OFF.

AND THE MORE LIKELY AVERAGE NOW

IS THAT THEY WOULD FIND CREATIVE

WAYS TO PUT MORE RESTRICTIONS ON

ABORTION WITHOUT OUTLAWING

ABORTION OUT RIGHT.

THIS DEBATE IS MUTE RIGHT NOW

AND LAWMAKERS SHOULD FOCUS ON

THE BUDGET SITUATION.

>> DOING ANYTHING NOW WHILE

THERE'S STILL A LARGE

HYPOTHETICAL WITH THE TRIGGER

LAWS IS A WASTE OF TIME AND

RESOURCES.

>> AND IN AN INTERESTING WRINKLE

GOVERNOR RAUNER AND HIS WIFE IN

THE PAST SENT MONEY IN SUPPORT

OF REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS BUT HE

INSISTS HE DOES NOT HAVE A

SOCIAL AGENDA AND WE DO NOT KNOW