J.B. Pritzker in 2022 IL Governor's race
On Abortion:
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
On Abortion:
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
On Civil Rights:
Lengthened hours of early voting, have mail balloting
We have actually lengthened our hours of early voting. We have mail balloting. We've had record mail balloting this year. So we're going to go ahead with it. But we've been extra careful at all of our polling places.
Everybody is practicing good hygiene. And we're making sure that it's safe for people to come and vote. The schools are closed, so many people will be voting in schools. And there won't be big crowds.
Source: Meet the Press interview for 2022 Illinois Governor race
Mar 15, 2020
On Abortion:
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
On Gun Control:
We need to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines
The challenge is that, for red flag laws to work, family members had to step forward and sign an affidavit, go to court, do something to make an affirmative action, so that those red flag laws would actually go into effect. They didn't.
The police were there. They confiscated weapons but the father claimed that the son was simply storing them for him. So there were warning signs, but nothing that reached the probable cause or preponderance of the evidence required for there to be a
red flag.We need to ban assault weapons, not just in the state of Illinois, but nationally, and high-capacity magazines. There's no reason why someone should have 90 bullets at the ready. That's just something that I don't think civilians should
have. I have talked to police who would tell you that the size, the caliber of the bullets that were being fired is much larger than the size, caliber and speed of bullets that even police carry with them. Why do civilians need this?
Source: CNN SOTU interviews on 2022 Illinois Gubernatorial race
Aug 7, 2022
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