IL HB5787

Designates the bill as the "Reproductive Liberty and Dignity Act" and requires the Illinois Department of Public Health to establish reproductive health clinics throughout the state providing affordable services including prenatal care, labor and delivery, abortion care, family planning, and childbirth support.

Adds licensed certified professional midwives to the definition of "health care professional" and "medical facility" to include reproductive health clinics at nonprofit community health centers, while permitting midwives to provide out-of-hospital care for patients with previous cesarean sections if authorized by the Department.

Removes prohibitions preventing licensed certified professional midwives from performing abortions and removes restrictions on accepting care for clients with alcoholism, alcohol abuse, or drug addiction or abuse.

Removes the definition of "neglected child" that included newborns with controlled substances in their blood, urine, or meconium, and protects pregnant and postpartum patients by prohibiting disclosure of drug and alcohol test results to law enforcement or the Department of Children and Family Services without written consent or a search warrant.

Expands women's rights during pregnancy and childbirth to include choosing a licensed certified professional midwife as their maternity care provider, receiving care based on WHO recommendations, and maintaining contact with their newborn, while lowering the gestation period threshold for stillbirth certificates from 26 to 20 completed weeks.