Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker Friday signed into law two measures that he said were aimed at fortifying the state’s status as a safe haven for abortion rights.

The two-term Chicago Democrat moved to expand upon Illinois’ existing, interstate “shield laws” to protect abortion providers from out-of-state criminal liability.

The other measure Pritzker approved was pushed by student activists and would require public universities and colleges to offer access to contraceptions and abortion-inducing drugs, like mifepristone, at their student health-care clinics.

“As an anti-woman, anti-science, authoritarian administration invades our privacy, Illinois is holding the line, and we are fighting back,” Pritzker said.

Through Pritzker’s actions Friday, licensed professional midwives and drug w

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