(Washington Post, Sept. 20, 2023)
Activist group Shout Your Abortion posted billboards about abortion rights along Interstate 55, directed at drivers heading north to Illinois.
Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri — all of which contain portions of I-55 — banned abortions to some degree or another. Illinois is one of the closest states where the procedure is still accessible.
Note: Arkansas instituted a near-total abortion ban, only allowing the procedure to save the life of the mother (not in cases of rape or incest.) During the 2023 legislative session, Arkansas lawmakers voted to establish a monument to the unborn on the state capitol grounds.