n 2019, the state of Illinois enacted SB 25, the Reproductive Health Act (RHA), which repeals the state's unconstitutional prohibition on reproductive healthcare

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n 2019, the state of Illinois enacted SB 25, the Reproductive Health

Act (RHA), which repeals the state's unconstitutional prohibition on reproductive healthcare. Governor Pritzker signed this bill into law on June 12, 2019. This law will ensure that abortion in Illinois is regulated like any other form of health care. Chicago's Rep. Kelly Cassidy sponsored the bill. Notably, this new bill's key provisions include the enactment of Illinois's new Reproductive Health Act (IRHA), repealing the state's Abortion Law of 1975, and insurance companies' requirement to provide coverage for abortion. The bill's sponsors and proponents lauded that it will solidify women's right to "self-determination" when making their own health care decisions. 
Illinois enacted SB 25, the Reproductive Health Act (RHA). Advocacy is part of the state's advocacy efforts to build stronger health systems and give women a voice in the decisions that affect health and lives in general. The bill helps modernize reproductive rights by getting rid of old restrictions on reproductive health care in Illinois, and it regulates abortion like any other form of healthcare. This is advocated by providing women the right to choose or reject birth control, terminate the pregnancy and give birth, or the right to select or reject abortion. It helps if someone is mistreated or raped, they can decide for themselves what they want to do if they become pregnant due to the act. This law makes abortion a health care act, not a criminal act. Also, it should be noted this new law is evidence-based and effective policies that will help ensure healthier communities by addressing the disproportionate access to social and material resources that shape women's well-being as disadvantaged groups of the populations. According to the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Nurses (2015), The nurse's primary focus should not be solely on individuals, groups, or populations and advocate and protect the patient's rights, including their health and safety. By regulating abortion like other forms of health care, these new interventions will help to interrupt the cycle of bias, disadvantage, and poor health that disproportionately affects women. It will modernize the state's reproductive rights laws by doing away with the outdated and biased unconstitutional prohibitions on reproductive healthcare.