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Illinois has become the latest state to require public colleges and universities to make contraception and the abortion pill available to students. This comes amid ongoing debates over the legality of abortion and the harms of abortion pills.

Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill 3709 into law last week after the Democrat-controlled Illinois House of Representatives passed the bill in a 74-40 vote and the Democrat-controlled state Senate voted 37-19 to advance the legislation.

The bill, which passed largely along party lines with all support coming from Democrats and nearly all opposition coming from Republicans, amends the state’s Public Higher Education Act to require all public colleges and universities in the state that provide “student health services” to

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