{"id":1890,"date":"2026-06-24T14:35:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reprofreedomalliance.org\/?post_type=article&#038;p=1890"},"modified":"2026-06-24T14:35:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:35:25","slug":"1890","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/reprofreedomalliance.org\/articles\/1890\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. JB Pritzker to sign Illinois abortion legislation shielding patients&#8217; medical records"},"template":"","class_list":["post-1890","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","act_type-news-outlet"],"acf":{"component_hero":{"version":"0","kicker":"","title":"Gov. 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JB Pritzker on Wednesday will sign the latest legislation bolstering Illinois\u2019 status as a haven for abortion care in the Midwest.\r\n\r\nThe measure passed by the General Assembly last month will shield patients\u2019 abortion-related digital medical records from access by outside authorities who have sometimes used them to pursue criminal cases in states where the procedure has been outlawed.\r\n\r\n\u201cSince Roe was overturned, we\u2019ve seen women\u2019s lives endangered by draconian measures limiting reproductive freedom across the country,\u201d Pritzker said in a statement. \u201cThe state of Illinois will always stand up for women\u2019s reproductive freedom while aggressively rejecting anti-woman, anti-choice policies. I\u2019m proud to sign the Reproductive Health Records Privacy Act \u2014 which represents another step forward in protecting reproductive freedom.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe legislation, spearheaded by state Sen. Celina Villanueva, D-Chicago, and state Rep. Mary Beth Canty, D-Arlington Heights; limits access to medical record systems containing abortion-related information. Data won\u2019t be allowed to be shared across state lines without the patient\u2019s consent unless it\u2019s for technical support, quality assurance or billing purposes, according to the bill.\r\n\r\nAny information on abortion services will be required to be segregated from the rest of a patient\u2019s medical record, which will have access disabled to out-of-state entities.\r\n\r\nIf the new privacy safeguards are violated, patients would be able to sue. Health information exchanges will be required to implement the changes by July 2027.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe surest way Illinois can protect our residents and their reproductive records is by requiring health information exchanges to implement new policies that keep sensitive information out of bad actors\u2019 hands,\u201d Villanueva said in a statement. \u201cTime and time again, since 2022 when Roe v. Wade was overturned, we have heard the stories of women across the United States living in fear after seeking abortion-related health care. We have a duty to ensure Illinoisans aren\u2019t being persecuted just because their health records ended up in the wrong hands.\u201d\r\n\r\nSeparately on Wednesday, the Illinois Department of Public Health was set to issue an updated standing order giving pharmacists more leeway to provide prescription birth control methods directly to residents, including all forms of self-administered prescription contraception.\r\n\r\nAside from Michigan and Minnesota, Illinois is the only Midwest state with abortion protections enshrined into state law, and it\u2019s the closest to southern states where the procedure has been banned across the board.\r\n\r\nPlanned Parenthood of Illinois has seen a 48% increase in patients seeking abortion care since the Dobbs decision, with one in four patients traveling from another state, according to the organization. Telehealth visits have more than tripled.\r\n\r\n\u201cAttacks on essential health care only cause confusion and fear, which is why we must remain a consistent provider of the full spectrum of care,\u201d Dr. Katie Sisco, chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood of Illinois, said in a statement. \u201cThe need for affordable, trusted health care is not going away, and neither are we.\u201d","content_columns":null,"":null,"settings":""}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gov. 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