Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2022-2484

• Record #: O2022-2484
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Failed to Pass
• Intro date: 7/20/2022
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Health and Human Relations
• Title: Amendment of Year 2022 Annual Appropriation Ordinance within Department of Public Health for Chicago Abortion Clinic Defense Fund
• Sponsors: Rodriguez Sanchez, Rossana , Ramirez-Rosa, Carlos, Martin, Matthew J. , Villegas, Gilbert, Sigcho-Lopez, Byron, Vasquez, Jr., Andre, La Spata, Daniel , Hadden, Maria E. , Rodriguez, Michael D., Tunney, Thomas, King, Sophia D., Sawyer, Roderick T., Sadlowski Garza, Susan, Maldonado, Roberto, Mitts, Emma, Reilly, Brendan
• Topic: BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS - Annual Appropriation Ordinance - Year 2022

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/24/2023		City Council	Failed to Pass
9/16/2022		Committee on Health and Human Relations	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
7/20/2022	51243	City Council	Referred

Committee on Health and Human Relations


ORDINANCE

WHEREAS, On May 9, 2022, as part of the "Justice For All Pledge", Mayor Lightfoot announced a $500,000 investment from the Chicago Department of Public Health to support the funding of safe and necessary reproductive, obstetric, and gynecological care, and transportation, lodging, and follow up services for such care; and

WHEREAS, This commitment is an important first step, but we can and must do more to protect all individuals seeking reproductive care from City clinics and hospitals, including ensuring that everyone in need of care is safe as they enter and exit clinics and hospitals and that they have adequate assistance after receiving care; and

WHEREAS, For this reason, the City hereby establishes the Chicago Abortion Clinic Defense Fund to provide funding for direct services for reproductive, obstetric, and gynecological care from clinics and hospitals in Chicago, funding for transportation, lodging, and follow up services for such care, grants to support clinic escorts and associated costs, and to establish a legal defense fund to assist clinic staff or clients that are targeted with legal action; and

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:

SECTION 1. The above recitals are hereby incorporated to this ordinance.

SECTION 2. In addition to any funds previously appropriated or allocated for such purposes, an additional $500,000 is hereby appropriated for the Department of Public Health to provide funding for direct services for reproductive, obstetric, and gynecological care, funding for transportation, lodging, and follow up services for such care, including hiring navigators to advise individuals seeking abortion care regarding any logistical hurdles to access such care, grants to support clinic escorts and associated costs, and to establish a legal defense fund to assist clinic staff or clients that are targeted with legal action. This appropriation and the $500,000 previously alloca...