The Chicago Police Department is now permanently banned from cooperating with probes into those who travel to the city for abortions or their doctors.
Chicago Police are now permanently banned from cooperating with probes into those who travel to the city for abortions or their doctors under a measure that won the approval of the Chicago City Council Wednesday.
In addition to preventing probes of those who travel to Chicago for reproductive health care, including abortion care, the measure would protect those who travel to Chicago for gender-affirming care.Protections for undocumented immigrants have been in place in Chicago since 1985, when former Mayor Harold Washington issued an executive order prohibiting city employees from enforcing federal immigration laws.
In other action, the City Council voted unanimously to change the city’s code that would require the city to only ask for someone’s gender “for a legitimate government purpose.” That change was proposed by Ald. Anthony Vasquez . Knudsen, 32, is now the youngest member of the Chicago City Council, and told his new colleagues that he was proud to be the first openly gay person to represent the 43rd Ward. Knudsen is running for a full, four-year term in February’s election.
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