Access To Reproductive Care Focus Of Palos-Orland LWV Kick-Off Meeting

PALOS HEIGHTS, IL — The Palos-Orland League of Women Voters will kick off its 2024-2025 meeting schedule with a focus on reproductive rights Saturday, Sept. 14, featuring the authors of the critically acclaimed, soon-to-be released book “I’m Sorry For My Loss,” (Sourcebooks) offering an urgent examination of reproductive care in America.

The meeting starts at 10 a.m. at the Palos Heights Public Library, 12501 S 71st Ave., Palos Heights. The author presentation is FREE.

More than a million people lose a pregnancy each year in the United States, whether through miscarriage, stillbirth, or termination for medical reasons. In the aftermath of the 2022 decision to overturn Roe v Wade, 25 million people of childbearing age live in states with laws that restrict access to abortion, including for those who never wanted to end their pregnancies.

Authors and journalists Rebecca Little and Colleen Long examine the meaning of pregnancy loss in America. Both women, natives of Chicago’s suburbs, experienced late-term pregnancy loss. “I’m Sorry For My Loss,” is already winning praise for its powerful personal narratives of the isolation, shame and blame experienced following a pregnancy loss.

Seeking to shatter societal taboos, the authors explore the experience of pregnancy loss and reproductive care from America’s founding to the present day, exposing the deep impact made by a dangerous tangle of laws, politics, medicine, racism, and misogyny.

The League of Women Voters takes a pro-choice position on the issue of reproductive rights. The Palos-Orland chapter encompasses the communities of Bridgeview, Crestwood, Evergreen Park, Hickory Hills, Palos Heights, Palos Hills, Palos Park, Orland Park, Oak Lawn, Oak Forest, Tinley Park, Frankfort, Lemont and Mokena.

Stop by for coffee and a sweet at 9:30 a.m. before the kick-off meeting starts at 10 a.m. Sept. 14, at the Palos Heights Public Library, 12501 S. 71st Ave. All are welcome.