Lake County Legislators Oppose Women's Health

Readers of this blog, and subscribers to the Lake County Right to Life email service, already know about State Rep Darlene Senger's HB3156, which would bring abortion clinics under the same regulatory structure as other clinics that perform outpatient procedures. Dorie wrote about the bill here, and I wrote about it here. The bill was placed on delayed consideration yesterday after an initial tally fell three votes short of passing the bill. Another vote will be taken today.

As you can see from the above image (courtesy of Illinois Review), our Lake County delegation seems to want to keep those back alley abortions going strong.

When Bill Clinton said that he wanted abortion to be "safe, legal and rare," we knew he was lying about "rare," but now we see that pro-aborts aren't too interested in abortions being "safe," either, even for the mother. Our friend former State Rep. Cal Skinner at McHenry County Blog has more on regulating abortion clinics.

In the image above, we can see that:

• State Rep. Mark Beaubien (R-52, 847-487-5252) was not voting. (UPDATE: Rumor has it that Beaubien is ill; we hope for his speedy recovery.)
  
• State Reps. Karen May (D-58, 847-433-9100), Carol Sente (D-59, 847-680-5909) and Sandy Cole (R-62, 847-543-0062) all voted in opposition.
  
• State Rep. Rita Mayfield (D-60, 847-599-2800), who professes to be pro-life, voted present, which has the same effect as a "nay" vote.
  
• Of the Lake County delegation, only State Reps. Ed Sullivan, Jr., (R-51, 847-566-5115) and JoAnn Osmond (R-61, 847-838-6200) voted yea.
  
• We can also see that GOP Leader Tom Cross likewise voted "nay", while Democrat Speaker Mike Madigan, who claims to be pro-life, voted "present."

Another vote will be taken today; we hope that you will contact your state representative immediately.