Illinois lawmakers considering allowing nurses to perform in-clinic abortions

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Illinois nurses could be performing in-clinic abortions soon as state legislators continue to change healthcare licensing laws in the blue stronghold.

The push to rewrite the laws arrives following a swath of abortion restrictions and bans that swept across Illinois's neighbors after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade this summer, according to a report.Those bans and restrictions have caused out-of-state patients to rush to Illinois, resulting in a significant increase in abortion caseloads in the state's clinics.

Rival bills in both the Illinois House and Senate would set aside provisions allowing approximately 3,000 physician assistants and 14,000 advanced practice registered nurses to perform in-clinic abortion procedures, according to the report. If passed, the new law would only permit professionals like physician assistants and nurses to perform abortion procedures that do not require general anesthesia.

 

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