Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co. said it will reassess its presence in Indiana following legislation signed into law last week.
Members of the Indiana House of Representatives stand for the Pledge of Allegiance before a vote is held on Senate Bills 1 and 2 during special session Aug. 5, 2022, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. On Friday, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, a Republican, signed into law a wide-reaching ban on abortion — the nation’s first of its kind since the overturn of Roe v. Wade.
“Chicago’s always going to be a city that respects women and their decisions and making sure that we and they all have access to reproductive health care, because it makes sense,” Lightfoot said. “It is the right thing to do.” “While we have expanded our employee health plan coverage to include travel for reproductive services unavailable locally, that may not be enough for some current and potential employees,” the company said in a statement Saturday.
Planned Parenthood of Illinois, which operates 17 health centers, mostly in the Chicago area, has expanded access to handle the increase, Schultz said. He cited the case of a former middle school principal in Fort Wayne, Indiana, who impregnated a 17-year-old high school student, andIllinois Medicaid to pay for abortions for out-of-state residentsAn executive order by President Joe Biden last week would let states use Medicaid to help pay for abortions for out-of-state residents in cases of rape, incest or medical emergencies.