Diana Rauner applauds her husband for approving taxpayer funding of abortions in Illinois
By Michael New, National Review -
“[T]here is a very broad consensus that funding abortion through Medicaid results in more abortions. Even groups that support legal abortion — including the Guttmacher Institute and the Center for Reproductive Rights — have published analyses showing taxpayer funding for abortion increases abortion rates. My 2016 analysis found that the Hyde Amendment protections in Illinois, which were just undone by [Illinois] Governor Rauner, have prevented 144,721 abortions since 1976 and protected 3,800 unborn children in Illinois every year.”
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