WASHINGTON – Illinois' newly-sworn in Democrat junior senator Tammy Duckworth declared her first official position on Twitter as U.S. senator Sunday afternoon.
It's really no surprise – and no different than the position ousted Republican Senator Mark Kirk held before her. "#IStandwithPP" Duckworth tweeted.
Duckworth is and Kirk was staunchly supportive of Planned Parenthood – despite irrefutable evidence that clinics throughout the nation illegally sells baby body parts to universities and medical companies.
Duckworth's tweet:
Duckworth's support for the providing federal funding to the clinics ignores the large number of Illinoisans that oppose taxpayer funding of abortions – especially those outside of the Chicago area. Still she acknowledges her commitment to representing "every corner of our great state" in a Tweet last Friday:
