LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JULIANA STRATTON SPOKE TO A U-S SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE (TODAY) TUESDAY ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE SUPREME COURT’S RECENT DECISION ON ABORTION. 

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR STRATTON WAS PART OF A PANEL AND WAS ASKED WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO MOVING FORWARD. SHE SAID THE PRESIDENT SHOULD USE EVERY TOOL POSSIBLE TO ENSURE REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS AND WORK WITH CONGRESS TO PUT THOSE RIGHTS INTO LAW.

SHE ALSO DISCUSSED OTHER RAMIFICATIONS INCLUDING POVERTY AND HOUSING INSTABILITY.

STRATTON TOLD SENATORS ILLINOIS IS PREPARING FOR AN INFLUX OF WOMEN COMING TO THE STATE FOR AN ABORTION, SINCE SOME NEIGHBORING STATES HAVE NOW BANNED THE PROCEDURE.