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U.S. House Passes Legislation to Ban Late-Term Abortions
With a vote of 237 to 189, the U.S. House voted yesterday to pass H.R. 36, the 20-week ban on abortion. The official title of this important legislation is the "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act," which restricts most abortions after 20 weeks of gestation, with limited exceptions. It also specifies that any baby born alive in the process of an abortion should be given the same care as a baby born prematurely.
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Tagged 20 week ban, Daniel Lipinski, Darin LaHood, John Shimkus, Mike Bost, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, Peter Roskam, Randy Hultgren, Rodney Davis, Trent Franks
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The Illinois GOP Congressional Caucus Responds to HB 40
In light of the possibility that Governor Bruce Rauner may renege on his commitment to veto HB 40—the bill that would require taxpayer-funding of abortions through Medicaid and state employee insurance plans through the entire 9 months of pregnancies—and the moral gravity of such an obscene (and costly) requirement, Illinois Family Institute Executive Director David Smith sent a letter to Illinois’ Republican congressmen requesting their help in persuading Governor Rauner to veto HB 40.
Posted in Illinois Politics, Sanctity of Life
Tagged Adam Kinzinger, Bruce Rauner, Darin LaHood, HB 40, John Shimkus, Mike Bost, Peter Roskam, Randy Hultgren, Rodney Davis, taxpayer-funding of abortions
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Christian Leaders Call on Congressional Leaders to Support the ‘Free Speech Fairness Act’
Last October the Illinois Family Institute brought attention to the “Free Speech Fairness Act.” Now faith leaders from around the country, including IFI's executive director David E. Smith, are signing a letter addressed U.S. Congressional leaders calling for the passage of the bill. This letter was delivered earlier this week...
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Tagged Alliance Defending Freedom, Family Research Council, Free Speech Fairness Act, IRS, Jody Hice, John Shimkus, Johnson Amendment, Kevin McCarthy, Paul Ryan, Randy Hultgren, Steve Scalise
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Congress Responds to Latest Controversy Involving Planned Parenthood
This week, U.S. Representatives Peter Roskam (R-West Chicago), Randy Hultgren (R-Campton Hills), Daniel Lipinski (D-Chicago), Mike Bost (R-Belleville), Rodney Davis (R-Decatur), and John Shimkus (R-Effingham), joined dozens of their colleagues in the U.S. Congress in calling for an investigation into the shocking revelations that a top Planned Parenthood executive was caught on video discussing dismembering babies and selling their body parts.
(Read more: Click HERE to read Laurie Higgin’s article.)
This recently released video exposes Dr. Deborah Nucatola, a Planned Parenthood executive, negotiating with tissue brokers to determine what organs they would like to “procure” and offering ways to alter …
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Tagged Daniel Lipinski, Dr. Deborah Nucatola, John Shimkus, Mike Bost, Peter Roskam, Planned Parenthood, Randy Hultgren, Rodney Davis
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