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.”
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