WEBINAR: Cook County Choice Protection Unit

Description

Join APA to learn about the Cook County Choice Protection Unit (CPU) established by Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke. The highly trained team prosecutes crimes and litigates civil actions that result from attempts to thwart access to reproductive healthcare in Cook County. 

As the first of its kind standalone unit in any prosecutor’s office nationwide, the CPU provides timely legal intervention, education, training, and advocacy, ensuring that Cook County remains a safe environment where women can receive the full spectrum of reproductive healthcare services. Prosecutors, victim/witness specialists, investigators, and other staff from every division of the CCSAO work collaboratively to handle cases where criminal acts are committed to impede abortion access in Cook County, target medical providers, and/or threaten or harm patients seeking care. 

Speakers: 

• Hon. Eileen O'Neill Burke, Cook County State’s Attorney 
• Toni Giancola, Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Supervisor, Choice Protection Unit 
• Yvette Loizon, Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Chief of Policy