Gov. JB Pritzker holds a news conference on abortion in Chicago on Monday. [Gov. JB Pritzker/Facebook] 

Monday marked 51 years since the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision and the second anniversary of the ruling since the court overturned it last year, leaving issues of abortion policy up to the states.  

Gov. JB Pritzker marked the anniversary by continuing his strategy of keeping abortion a top-of-mind political issue with a news conference on the subject and a pair of statements through his political arm that focused on why abortion will be a top issue in the 2024 election.