2022 IL Governor's race: on Abortion


Darren Bailey: Abortion

AdWatch: No exception for rape or incest TV SPOT TITLE: "Too Extreme"

ADVERTISER: Pritzker for IL Governor

NARRATOR: You may have thought you heard everything that Darren Bailey had to say about abortion.

DARREN BAILEY: "Right now, my answer is no."

NARRATOR: But that's not all Darren Bailey has said.

DARREN BAILEY: "The attempted extermination of the Jews of World War II doesn't even compare on a shadow of the life that has been lost with abortion."

NARRATOR TEXT: Darren Bailey: Too extreme for Illinois. Paid for by JB for Governor

Source: AdWatch on 2022 Illinois Gubernatorial race Jul 22, 2022

J.B. Pritzker: Illinois is most progressive in nation for reproductive care

The governor for Illinois bragged that [the] state's new abortion law supposedly signals that Illinois "is a beacon of hope in the heart of this nation." The legislation essentially makes abortion-on-demand a reality and makes partial-birth abortion legal under Illinois law. "Illinois is making history, because our state will now be the most progressive in the nation for reproductive healthcare," Gov. JB Pritzker said in a statement.
Source: Townhall.com blog on 2022 Illinois Gubernatorial race Jun 12, 2019

J.B. Pritzker: AdWatch: My opponent compares abortion to WWII Holocaust

TV SPOT TITLE: "Too Extreme"

ADVERTISER: Pritzker for IL Governor

NARRATOR: You may have thought you heard everything that Darren Bailey had to say about abortion.

INTERVIEWER: "If somebody were raped, or there was a matter of incest in the family, would you allow that woman to have an abortion?"

DARREN BAILEY: "Right now, my answer is no."

NARRATOR: But that's not all Darren Bailey has said.

DARREN BAILEY: "The attempted extermination of the Jews of World War II doesn't even compare on a shadow of the life that has been lost with abortion."

NARRATOR TEXT: Darren Bailey: Too extreme for Illinois. Paid for by JB for Governor

Source: AdWatch on 2022 Illinois Gubernatorial race Jul 22, 2022

Jesse Sullivan: Pro-life, let's try to reduce the number of abortions

[On bipartisanship]: "I am pro-life, but I also realize in this state we have a strong supermajority of Democrats in the legislature," he said. "I'm also someone who likes to get good outcomes. So how are we going to reduce the total number of abortions over time in the state, which is even Hillary Clinton has stated as a goal of hers. So it's working together with Democrats, Republicans to try to do that."

"Not only legislatively," he followed up, "It's trying to look at adoption, foster care."

Source: WCIA on 2022 Illinois Gubernatorial race Sep 12, 2021

Paul Schimpf: Opposed "radical" Reproductive Health Act

The state Senate passed the Reproductive Health Act, making way for the governor to ensure abortion remains available in the state. State Sen. Paul Schimpf was among those to vote "no" on the bill, which he called the most radical pro-abortion rights bill in the nation. "It gets rid of a lot of the meaningful limits . my reading of it, it allows for gender selection of abortions, I think it will make Illinois of the states that has one of the most radical abortion laws," Schimpf said.
Source: Belleville News-Democrat on 2022 Illinois Gubernatorial race Jun 1, 2019

Richard Irvin: Pro-choice only for rape, incest, health and life of mother

While never giving a coherent answer on a national abortion ban, Irvin called Pritzker's repeal last December of the state's parental notification law for minors seeking abortions "abhorrent" and said he's hearing from voters that the law needs to be reinstated. Irvin did not articulate whether, as governor, he would spearhead a push to reinstate the parental notification law. He did say he supports abortion rights in cases of "rape, incest and health and life of the mother."
Source: WBEZ on 2022 Illinois Gubernatorial race May 9, 2022

J.B. Pritzker: This should be a right that is a constitutional right

Democrats need to be pushing for a national law that protects reproductive rights across the nation. We are going to have an influx of women coming to Illinois, we already are, as a result of shutting off reproductive rights for women in virtually every state around us. Just look at the map. And we need help in order to serve those people. But we shouldn't have to. This should be a right that
Source: CNN SOTU interviews on 2022 Illinois Gubernatorial race Aug 7, 2022

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Candidates and political leaders on Abortion:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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