Nancy Pelosi hears about providers' fears about reproductive rights at Downers Grove event

Scared patients. Long waits for procedures. Doctors afraid of prosecution for how they treat patients.Panelists on a discussion Friday about aborti...

October 22, 2022
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Scared patients. Long waits for procedures. Doctors afraid of prosecution for how they treat patients.Panelists on a discussion Friday about abortion and other reproductive health care told U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that's what they are experiencing after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade."I feel pretty emotional listening to the evidence that you bring to the table that we (in Congress) know about but that you can document," Pelosi told the panel at Advocate Aurora Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove.

Susan Sarkauskas