Pro-Family Illinois Voters Finally Have a Reason to Thank Governor Rauner

By David E Smith 3 min read

Despite playing coy in a few private meetings during his campaign in 2014, Bruce Rauner turned out to support pro-abortion, pro-LGBT and pro-cultural rot. So his announcement last week that he would veto legislation that would authorize taxpayer funding of abortion – HB 40, should it reach his desk, took many by surprise.

According to Illinois Citizens for Life (ICL), HB 40 removes all prohibitions on using tax dollars to pay for abortions throughout the full nine months of pregnancy under Medicaid and for any reason:

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