J.B. Pritzker on Abortion

Won't accept women losing rights, expanded pool of providers

This should be a right that is a constitutional right

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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

Illinois is most progressive in nation for reproductive care

Unwavering supporter of women's right

Pritzker: Legal. "An unwavering supporter of women's rights, a woman's right to choose and her right to privacy."

Rauner: Mixed. Signed bill to expand and protect abortion coverage. Personally pro-choice, but respects religious and moral objections, supports "pro-life" candidates.

Undo restrictions to preserve women's reproductive rights

The bill would remove language from the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975 which declares that "the unborn child is a human being from the time of conception and is, therefore, a legal person for purposes of the unborn child's right to life." Additionally, the proposal would remove a provision that denies health insurance coverage of abortion to women on Medicaid and State Employee Health Insurance.