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Anti-abortion and pro-abortion access groups will take to the streets of Springfield on Tuesday, looking to meet with lawmakers to advocate their positions.
This year's Illinois March for Life will be the first such march in Illinois since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision nearly 50 years after the original ruling.
Illinois, almost overnight, became an island for abortion access with neighboring Midwestern states issuing bans or restricting access.
An influx of out-of-state patients prompted Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri to open a mobile abortion clinic serving southern Illinois. New reproductive health facilities also opened last year in Carbondale, Champaign and Rockford.
