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30 after an interview about a lawsuit filed on her behalf against the Illinois Department of Corrections, in East Alton, Ill. Hicks said she was forced to undergo an induced childbirth at a medical facility while incarcerated for a nonviolent drug offense at Logan Correctional Center in 2024. John J. Kim\/Chicago Tribune By Jeremy Gorner Chicago Tribune EAST ALTON, Ill. \u2014 She arrived at X House resigned to delivering her baby while incarcerated. Amy Hicks was 7 \u00bd months pregnant and convicted of an illegal drug offense that would keep her behind bars for months to come.<\/p>\n

Still, as Hicks waited inside that transitional cellblock of the Logan Correctional Center women\u2019s prison, she thought she\u2019d give birth to her daughter when she was ready to be born. She quickly learned it wouldn\u2019t go as she planned. Other inmates warned Hicks that the prison would force her delivery through an induction of labor, a procedure typically reserved for medical necessities, none of which applied to her, she said. She heard the same from a correctional officer, who claimed the process was part of prison policy, and from a prison psychiatrist.<\/p>\n

Depressed and worried, she filed grievances objecting to what she believed would be a forced medical intervention. But two weeks before her due date, in early 2024, Hicks underwent the induction. Now two years later, she describes the experience as painful, physically violating and traumatic. \u201cThat was my right that got stripped away from me when I should have been able to have, you know, this baby whenever she felt like coming,\u201d said Hicks, an East Alton resident who is now 40 and a mother of four.<\/p>\n

Hicks\u2019 account forms the basis of a federal lawsuit against Gov. JB Pritzker\u2019s Illinois Department of Corrections, the prison\u2019s medical provider, Wexford Health Sources, and others.<\/p>\n

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Amy Hicks was 7 \u00bd months pregnant and convicted of an ille- gal drug offense that would keep herbehindbarsformonthstocome. Still, as Hicks waited inside that transitional cellblock of the Logan Correctional Center women\u2019s prison,shethoughtshe\u2019dgivebirth toherdaughterwhenshewasready tobeborn. She quickly learned it wouldn\u2019t goassheplanned. OtherinmateswarnedHicksthat the prison would force her deliv- ery through an induction of labor, a procedure typically reserved for medicalnecessities,noneofwhich applied to her, she said. She heard thesamefromacorrectionalofficer, who claimed the process was part of prison policy, and from a prison psychiatrist.<\/p>\n

Depressedandworried,she\ufb01led grievances objecting to what she believedwouldbeaforcedmedical intervention.Buttwoweeksbefore her due date, in early 2024, Hicks underwenttheinduction. Now two years later, she describestheexperienceaspainful, physicallyviolatingandtraumatic. \u201cThat was my right that got stripped away from me when I Ex-inmate sues over induction of labor Woman\u2019s lawsuit tests Pritzker on reproductive rights By Christiana Freitag CHICAGO TRIBUNE WHEATFIELD, Ind.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Surrounded by farmland and wetlands, three generations of the Hunter family have grown crops and raised cattle, chickens and horses in this quiet corner of northwestIndiana. WhentheHunters\ufb01rststarted farmingthe20-acreplot\u201cthiswas theirdreamproperty,\u201dsaidgrand- daughterCarlySchroeder. But in recent decades, those \ufb01elds have sat in the shadow of a massive coal-\ufb01red power plant less than a mile away. Over the years, heavy metals have leached intothefarm\u2019ssoilandgroundwa- ter,Schroedersaid. An Army veteran, Schroeder returnedhomefromactivedutya yearago,hopingtoputdownroots nearhergrandmother\u2019sfarm.She believedthetimingwasright:The R.M.SchahferGeneratingStation was expected to retire its coal operationsinDecember.<\/p>\n

Instead, President Donald Trump\u2019s U.S. Department of EnergyorderedSchahfertokeep operating until at least March, citing concerns about electricity gridreliability. Now Wheat\ufb01eld residents are preparingforanotherunwelcome industrialneighbor.Adatacenter is planned just 300 feet from the Hunter farm and next to the powerplant. Based on repeated extensions at a half dozen other coal plants across the country, Earthjustice seniorcounselSameerDoshisaid heexpectsSchahfertogetanother 90-dayextensionaftertheMarch deadline expires.<\/p>\n

Earthjustice, a nonpro\ufb01tenvironmentallaw\ufb01rm, has partnered with other groups \u2018Caught in the crosshairs\u2019 As Indiana extends coal and builds data centers, Illinois may be on hook for neighbor\u2019s AI boom Carly Schroeder stands outside the Schahfer Generating Station, a coal-\ufb01red power plant, and next to the site of a planned data center near her family farm on Feb. 9 in Wheat\ufb01eld, Indiana. BRIAN CASSELLA\/CHICAGO TRIBUNE By Gregory Royal Pratt CHICAGO TRIBUNE There is a statuette of a chee- tah in Antonio Romanucci\u2019s law officeinaskyscraperoverlooking the Chicago River. It sits next to a magazine cover of Romanucci, Chicago Lawyer\u2019s \u201c2021 Person oftheYear.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thecheetahissleekandblack. And, as the 65-year-old attorney explains, it represents a story he oftenrecitestojuriesincivilrights cases after police car chases turn deadly. Jurorsweighingresponsibility wanttoknow:Whyisitthepolice officer\u2019s fault if a \ufb02eeing suspect crashes into an innocent third party? Romanucci knows it\u2019s a fair question, and he turns to nature forananswer.Ifthecheetahwants to eat, it must run faster than the gazelle.Ifthegazellewantstolive, itmustoutrunthecheetah.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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