Illinois governor signs bill expanding public funding for abortion
Source: Politico
By NATASHA KORECKI 09/28/2017 04:46 PM EDT Updated 09/28/2017 09:20 PM EDT
CHICAGO Republican Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner on Thursday signed into law a bill that will expand the public funding of abortion in Illinois, including to Medicaid recipients, a decision that already has conservatives sounding the death knell for his reelection campaign.
The move immediately increases the chances that the first-term governor will get a primary challenge and raises doubts about whether he can motivate a Republican base in a general election.
Rauner said he talked to low-income women across the state who didn't have access to abortion because they couldn't afford it.
"No woman should be forced to make a different decision than another woman would based purely on her income," Rauner said. I am personally pro-choice, I always have been. I made no qualms about that when I was elected governor. I have not and never will change my views. I personally believe that a woman must have the right to decide what goes on in her own body.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/28/bruce-rauner-abortion-public-funding-243270
AllyCat
(16,135 posts)rurallib
(62,373 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,027 posts)how the tide turns when trying to get re-elected
This ought to drag out the Hyders quickly
"the right to decide what goes on in her own body. This could get him elected in Massachusetts!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,515 posts)Beakybird
(3,330 posts)Moderate Republican on a few issues.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,728 posts)Might be the first time Ruiner has done the right thing.