CHICAGO – While Illinois Republican Governor Bruce Rauner heads in the direction of making abortions easier to obtain and cost little or nothing for low income women in Illinois, President Donald Trump and the U.S. House is heading in the opposite direction.
Governor Rauner and Illinois Democrats passed into law legislation requiring state taxpayers to fund abortions with no restrictions as to how far the pregnancy is along or any other reason.
The U.S. House is moving along H.R. 36, the "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act."
Monday, President Trump congratulated the U.S. House for pushing forward legislation the will ban abortions on unborn babies 20 or more weeks along.
Trump's office issued the following statement Monday:
The Administration strongly supports H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, and applauds the House of Representatives for continuing its efforts to secure critical pro-life protections.
H.R. 36 would generally make it unlawful for any person to perform, or attempt to perform, an abortion of an unborn child after 20 weeks post-fertilization, with limited exceptions. The bill, if enacted into law, would help to facilitate the culture of life to which our Nation aspires. Additionally, the bill would promote a science-based approach to unborn life, as recent advancements have revealed that the physical structures necessary to experience pain are developed within 20 weeks of fertilization. The United States is currently out of the mainstream in the family of nations, in which only 7 out of 198 nations allow elective abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. America’s children deserve the stronger protections that H.R. 36 would advance.
If H.R. 36 were presented to the President in its current form, his advisors would recommend that he sign the bill into law.
H/T Susan B. Anthony's List
I pray Justice Kennedy retires so President Trump can appoint another Justice Gorsuch.
Although in Illinois, overturning Roe v Wade won’t make a difference after Bruce Bruce signed HB40.
Up set that Gov.Rauner signed HB 40.
Please do not support any bill supporting abortion.
Totally against abortion!
Thank God that we at least managed to get Donald Trump in the White House. This article makes it all the more obvious why Bruce Rauner can’t even say Trump’s name in public…
So, basically turn women’s bodies into property of the state?
the “relgious” men who supported the amoral pig Trump want to control woman’s bodies. Amoral pig Trump will help them. ..so they can eventually take the vote away from woman too. Woman are nothing but cattle to these idiots.
You’ve already turned our wallets into property of the state. You already tell us what we can and can’t put in our bodies. Why draw the line here? #hypocrite