For states surrounding Illinois, anti-abortion law becomes 'an unpainted canvas'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : With Illinois poised to become an island where abortion is legal, surrounded by anti-abortion states, the issue of cross-border abortions will quickly come to the fore, said Peter Breen, vice president and senior counsel, at the Thomas More Society, a Chicago-based law firm that takes up religious issues.
45% : "Abortion is legal, we prepared Illinois for this, and we're going to fight to keep it legal and accessible," she said.
43% : "The immediate question will become 'how do we protect young Missourians, young Iowans, from being taken over the border to Illinois and being killed?" Travel bans are already being considered.
43% : "For 50 years we've thought about (abortion) as a constitutional right and a medical procedure.
36% : The legislative and legal battleground that is abortion has changed dramatically with the U.S. Supreme Court decision today that hands back issues of reproductive rights to the 50 states.
32% : Now we've moved in just one day to where, in some states abortion will be akin to murder."
22% : However, she called it "ridiculous and cruel if Kavanaugh's point was "an attempt to excuse banning abortion in one state, because you can travel to another."

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