Roe v. Wade anniversary: Two activist families fight contrasting abortion battles in Illinois, Indiana.
22 January 2024
Every day, 19-year-old Hope Miller prays for an end to abortion. The young woman from north suburban Hawthorn Woods was elated in June 2022 when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark Jan. 22, 1973, ruling that had guaranteed the right to terminate a pregnancy nationwide for nearly a half-century. Yet as the anniversary of the now-defunct decision approaches, Miller is thinking bigger. “We want abortion gone completely,” said the College of Lake County student. “We want it illegal across the nation.” Miller is a third-generation anti-abortion activist, the granddaughter of...