Fundamental reproductive health rights

775 ILCS 55/1-15, under Reproductive Health Act.

775 ILCS 55/1-15

(775 ILCS 55/1-15)

    Sec. 1-15. Fundamental reproductive health rights.     (a) Every individual has a fundamental right to make autonomous decisions about the individual's own reproductive health, including the fundamental right to use or refuse reproductive health care.     (b) Every individual who becomes pregnant has a fundamental right to continue the pregnancy and give birth or to have an abortion, and to make autonomous decisions about how to exercise that right.     (c) A fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus does not have independent rights under the laws of this State.

(Source: P.A. 101-13, eff. 6-12-19.)