New Yorker
The election of Donald Trump and his nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court triggered a strong wave of abortion-related legislation. The vast majority of media attention has focussed on Missouri, Ohio, Georgia, and Alabama, where Republicans have passed strict new laws, in some cases all but eliminating legal abortion. Less noticed is the move in the other direction by Democratic legislators and activists, in Illinois and elsewhere, including New York, Vermont, and Rhode Island, who are racing to strengthen access and protect against future Supreme Court rulings.
I am from Illinios myself (I graduated from the U of Illinois in 1959). At the time, it was one of the most conservative and corrupt states in rhe country. The only freedoms they were interested in was the right to drink as much as they pleased.
The town marshal in my hometown of Nauvoo, Illinois, once shot his pistol through a TV set, and then through the plate-glass window in front of it. No one thought this was unusual.
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