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Rep. Breen & Sen. McConchie File Legislation to Ban Use of Taxpayer Funds for Elective Abortions
Today, State Representative Peter Breen (R-Lombard) and State Senator Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) filed the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” which would prohibit units of government in Illinois from using taxpayer funds for elective abortions, reversing key provisions of the recently enacted HB 40. Breen and McConchie are pressing for full debate and a floor vote on the measure during the upcoming fall veto session later this month, before HB 40 goes into effect...
Posted in Illinois Politics
Tagged Dan McConchie, Hyde Amendment, Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, Medicaid, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, Peter Breen, Roe v. Wade, taxpayer funding of abortion
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Pro-Life Americans Have the Opportunity of a Generation
The American people have returned a pro-life majority to Congress and have elected a president committed to rolling back the Obama administration’s radical abortion policies and to appointing pro-life justices to the Supreme Court. This presents an incredible opportunity for defending innocent human life. Now is the time to act.
Posted in Sanctity of Life
Tagged Conscience Protection Act, Doe v. Bolton, Donald Trump, Mexico City Policy, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, ObamaCare, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, Planned Parenthood, Roe v. Wade, U.S. Supreme Court, Weldon Amendment
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Banning Federal Funding of Abortion (Update)
Only 7 Illinois Reps Vote to Ban Federal Abortion Funding
Republican members of Illinois’ Congressional delegation have voted to slap a total ban on federal taxpayer funding of elective abortions.
Seven of Illinois’ eighteen members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted for the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. This pro-life legislation was introduced by U.S. Representative Christopher Smith (R-NJ) and was passed on January 28 by a vote of 227 to 188. The bill number is H.R. 7
HR 7 seeks to accomplish three important goals:
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Make the Hyde Amendment and other current abortion funding prohibitions permanent;
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Tagged Christopher Smith, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act
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