Governor Approves Medicaid for Abortions [semi-satire]

Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 1 Oct 2017 | John Semmens

[John Semmens]

This week, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) signed legislation authorizing tax money to be used to fund abortions for poor people. This reversed a position he announced last April against such funding, but honors his 2014 campaign pledge "to ensure that poor mothers have the same ability to terminate unwanted children that their richer sisters have."

Rauner brushed aside Republican arguments that individuals morally opposed to the murder of unborn children shouldn't be forced to finance it through taxes, saying that "individual matters of conscience cannot be permitted to impede the collective will of the people. I was elected on a promise to extend abortion rights to those who can't afford to pay for it. The Democratic legislators who passed the bill were elected on the promise to expand the scope of abortion. Democracy must prevail over idiosyncratic moral or religious prejudices."

The Governor also argued that "in the long run increasing the frequency of abortions for the poor will work to the GOP's political advantage. The children of poor people usually grow up to be Democratic voters. Be enabling interdiction before birth we will be decreasing the number of future Democratic voters. So, as I see it, Republicans who oppose public funding for abortion aren't thinking strategically."

In related news, Doug Jones, the Democratic nominee for Alabama's US Senate seat, called the Illinois legislation "a good omen. The days when extremists like Roy Moore can prevent women from exterminating their unwanted offspring are surely numbered." Jones is confident that his firm support of abortion "up until the day of birth" will be a winning issue over his GOP opponent Moore in this December's special election.

if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...

http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,283532.0.html

[stars & stripes forever]

GOV. RAUNER is a sick, evil man. NOT semi satire.

[genghis]

I get how terrible this is but gov waaaaaay better than yoyr run of the mill commie from rat party

[stars & stripes forever]

I just heard RAUNER’S “reasoning” on the radio a few moments ago. He wanted to “take the abortion issue off the table.” (Out of sight, out of mind?) He had an opportunity to VETO HB40, which includes free partial birth abortions up to the time of delivery, but this law also defines a baby in the womb as a NON-HUMAN.

RAUNER is EVIL along with the DEMOCRATS who passed the bill.