{"id":267947,"date":"2022-05-13T16:38:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T21:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=267947"},"modified":"2022-05-11T22:06:20","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T03:06:20","slug":"chicago-mayor-city-abortion-oasis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/chicago-mayor-city-abortion-oasis\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago mayor wants to make the city an &#8216;abortion oasis&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Various cities and states have already been preparing to become havens for abortion in the event that <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> is overturned, and with the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-overturn-roe-leaked-opinion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leaked draft opinion<\/a> from the Supreme Court doing just that, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has become the latest to jump on the bandwagon.<\/p>\n<p>Lightfoot recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/05\/10\/abortion-chicago-lightfoot-oasis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spoke to reporters<\/a> about her plans to make Chicago even more abortion-friendly, according to the Washington Post, with Lightfoot&#8217;s goal to make Chicago an &#8220;oasis&#8221; for abortion. \u201cWe are ready to fight,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are ready to organize. We are ready to do whatever it takes. We will not stand idly by and watch our rights disappear like smoke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/sex-trafficking-survivor-illinois-parental-notification\/\">Sex trafficking survivor begs Illinois lawmakers to keep parental notification law<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The leaked draft opinion was something Lightfoot took as a &#8220;call to arms,&#8221; especially as other states, like Oklahoma and Texas, have moved to restrict abortion. Should <em>Roe<\/em> fall, individual states will be permitted to make their own laws regarding abortion. \u201cWe\u2019re expecting, frankly, an explosion of new cases from women in Wisconsin, Missouri, potentially Michigan, Indiana,\u201d she said. \u201cI think the list is long, and Chicago is going to be an oasis in the Midwest, and we have got to be ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sat down with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HallieJackson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HallieJackson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MSNBC<\/a> to discuss Chicago\u2019s plan for reproductive rights and abortion access. Chicago is going to be an oasis for women in the Midwest, and we\u2019ve got to be ready. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VaNXM8T0lj\">pic.twitter.com\/VaNXM8T0lj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lori Lightfoot (@LoriLightfoot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoriLightfoot\/status\/1523776712357851137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Part of Lightfoot&#8217;s plan includes allocating $500,000 from the Chicago Department of Public Health to pay for costs associated for women&#8217;s abortions; this includes lodging, transportation, food, and more. And that sum, Lightfoot said, is merely a \u201cdown payment to help our front-line providers get over this immediate hurdle.&#8221; It could potentially increase in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Lightfoot was recently <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1523856615102988288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criticized<\/a> for what some deemed an incitement to violence for her tweet referring to a &#8220;call to arms.&#8221; Yet Lightfoot shrugged off that criticism, and doubled down on her rhetoric. \u201cWe are soldiers,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are soldiers prepared to fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker joined Lightfoot in calling for abortion to be as accessible as possible within the state. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.illinois.gov\/news\/press-release.24841.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a> issued last week, Pritzker condemned the potential overturning of <em>Roe<\/em>. &#8220;The terrifying implications of this decision and what it means for millions of women across the country cannot be understated,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But let me be clear \u2014 no matter what atrocity of an opinion the Supreme Court officially rolls out this summer in regards to Roe versus Wade \u2014 abortion will always be safe and legal here in Illinois. Illinois is and will remain a beacon of hope in an increasingly dark world. I will fight like hell \u2014 not just for the women who call Illinois home, but every person in every corner of this country who deserves to live a life of their own design.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pritzker previously went so far as <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/illinois-governor-signs-abortion-parental-notification\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discarding<\/a> the state&#8217;s ban on partial-birth abortion in 2019 and supporting the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/illinois-governor-signs-abortion-parental-notification\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">repeal<\/a>\u00a0of the state&#8217;s parental notification law. More recently, state lawmakers have worked to <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/illinois-abortion-illegal-protect-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protect<\/a> Illinois abortionists if they commit illegal abortions elsewhere. So despite the claims from Pritzker and Lightfoot that they need to create an abortion oasis, there&#8217;s no need to do so; Illinois already is one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Various cities and states have already been preparing to become havens for abortion in the event that Roe v. Wade is overturned, and with the leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court doing just that, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has become the latest to jump on the bandwagon. 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