We Know Who Controlled the Biden Autopen...and This Scandal Just Got Worse
Gavin Newsom Had a Total Meltdown Over JD Vance's Disney Visit. The VP's...
The Boston Red Sox Are Feeling the Trump Effect
'Elmo's' Twitter Account Got Hacked Yesterday, and It Was Total Chaos
This Unhinged Leftist Wanted to Take on MAGA Supporters. It Didn't End Well.
The Fight of Donald Trump’s Life
Unless You Love Forever Omnibus Bills, You Should Support Eliminating the Senate Filibuste...
Watch Homan Tear Into Heckler During Student Summit Speech
Will This Tweet From AOC About Trump Land Her in Legal Hot Water?
Listen to President Trump, We Must Focus on Priorities to Save Our Nation
They Want to Burn It All Down
Deconstructing Jeffrey Epstein and Company
Trump Turned His Head and Saved America
Conservatives Must Stop Falling for the MSM’s Gaslighting, Turning Us Against Each Other
Americans Can Never Forget That Liberty Depends on Justice
Tipsheet

Illinois Judge Rejects Attempt to Block Law Expanding Taxpayer Funding of Abortions

An Illinois judge dismissed a request for injunction Thursday that was brought by the Thomas More Society against a state law, taking effect Monday, which expands Medicaid and state-employee group health insurance to cover abortions.

Advertisement

In a hearing Thursday, Thomas More Society Special Counsel and Illinois State Rep. Peter Breen argued that many taxpayers have a "sincere moral objection" to paying for abortions. He added that state lawmakers didn't adopt the legislation in time for it to take effect Monday and did not appropriate money to fund abortions.

Associate Circuit Judge Jennifer Ascher ruled Thursday that the judiciary would not intervene “in ‘political questions’ in the General Assembly such as a law's effective date or whether there's an appropriation to fund it,” according to The Chicago Tribune.

“We respectfully disagree with the court’s ruling and will seek an immediate appeal,” Breen said in a statement. “The Illinois Constitution was clearly violated here.”

Breen plans to file an appeal in state appellate court Friday, seeking an injunction to halt the law.

Illinois Republican Governor Bruce Rauner angered many of his colleagues when he broke an earlier promise and signed the legislation in September.

He was accused by Breen of lying to Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich about the stance he was going to take on the legislation.

Advertisement

"Even the most corrupt Chicago machine politicians think twice before lying to a priest," Breen said at the time.

Cupich expressed his disappointment to The Chicago Tribune over the broken promise, referencing the pledge Rauner made in the spring to veto the bill.

"I reminded him of the promise and also my statement earlier thanking him for that," Cupich told the Tribune. "He did break his word. He broke his word to the people, especially those who have continued to speak on behalf of the vulnerable child in the womb."

Taxpayer-funded abortion is not in line with the views of most Americans. Recent polling found that 61 percent of Americans oppose taxpayer-funded abortions in the United States.

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement