Sec. 1-15. Fundamental reproductive health rights.
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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.