Illinois Republicans in Congress rebuke Rauner over abortion bill
In a statement, Republican
The congressmen said they made the move after Rauner signed legislation last week that would expand state taxpayer funding of abortions for women on Medicaid and under state employee health insurance. In criticizing the governor, they invoked the late Republican
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"In a reversal of long-standing
The decision by the
Several socially conservative rank-and-file Republican lawmakers have said they will not back Rauner's bid for a second term, let alone his legislative agenda, after he promised in April he would veto the measure.
But as a candidate in 2014, Rauner responded to a questionnaire from the abortion-rights group Personal PAC saying he would work to support the goals contained in the legislation that he ultimately signed.
In their statement, the
The statement from Hultgren was also backed by
The legislation being backed by the Republican delegation would create criminal penalties for attempting to perform an abortion on women 20 weeks or more after conception. The congressmen said the measure provides exceptions to save the life of the mother and in the case of rape or incest.
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