Roe v. Wade anniversary: Two activist families fight contrasting abortion battles in Illinois, Indiana.

Hope Miller outside an abortion clinic on North Western Avenue in Chicago, Jan. 17, 2024, where she was passing out leaflets. - Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/TNS
January 22, 2024 | 03:19PM ETHuman RightsEvery 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...