For purposes of Chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
AGENT: Any person employed by or acting on behalf of a department.
BODILY AUTONOMY: Self-governance over one’s own reproductive options and gender identity, including reproductive health care and gender-affirming care.
DEPARTMENT: Every City department, department, division, commission, council, committee, board, or other body or person established by authority of a City ordinance or resolution, City Council order, or executive order.
DEPARTMENT: Every City department, department, division, commission, council, committee, board, or other body or person established by authority of a City ordinance or resolution, City Council order, or executive order.
GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE: All services, supplies, drug therapies, and other care that an individual may receive to support and affirm the individual’s gender identity.
MEDICAL CARE: Any health care offered, arranged, or furnished which includes but not limited to gender-affirming care, reproductive health care, mental health care, vaccinations, and medical testing
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE: Any health care offered, arranged, or furnished for the purpose of preventing pregnancy, terminating a pregnancy, managing pregnancy loss, or improving maternal health and birth outcomes. Reproductive health care includes but is not limited to contraception, sterilization, preconception care, maternity care, abortion care, and counseling regarding reproductive health care.
RESTRICTIVE LAW: Any statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, or other law that restricts an individual’s bodily autonomy in a manner inconsistent with the laws of Illinois and includes laws of another state or jurisdiction that establish liabilities, penalties, or other discipline for any person performing, providing, administering, receiving, obtaining, seeking, or aiding a person seeking medical care, regardless of whether such law is considered as a charge relating to homicide, child abuse, or any other charge that is pretext for enforcing such a restrictive law.
(Ord. 2023-25)