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.

Pay to Play

Gov. Quinn Nominates Supporter to Key Post

Illinois' premier pro-abortion activist, Terry Cosgrove, Executive Director of Personal PAC, claims credit for electing Democrat Pat Quinn as Illinois Governor last November, and well he might. His organization's vile, lying, misleading and mean-spirited ads, mailings and calls slandered Republican Bill Brady -- and many other candidates besides.

Is Governor Quinn grateful? You bet your sweet bippy!

Last week, Governor Pat Quinn nominated abortion rights leader Terry Cosgrove to fill an opening on Illinois' Human Rights Commission. Next Thursday, Cosgrove's nomination will be heard before the Senate Executive Appointments Committee.

Cosgrove, the 58 year old CEO of Personal PAC, plans to continue directing his pro-abortion political action committee while he serves part-time on the commission. Personal PAC's generous $400,000 campaign donation to Governor Quinn's campaign in 2010 is stirring another round of Quinn "pay to play" buzz.

Cosgrove's Facebook photo (right) is pretty indicative of his pro-Quinn, anti-Brady partiality in the 2010 governor's race. You've got to wonder how impartial he'd be voting on the Human Rights Commission, don't you?

Certainly, no one could reasonably hope that Cosgrove would support human rights for all humans. Cosgrove's vision of "human rights" is something that mere humanity doesn't qualify you for.

And Quinn's vision of public service is something that mere public service isn't a qualification for. In both cases, something... extra is required.

And, oh yeah, this is the same guy who sent out this mailing about me during my campaign in a Republican primary.

(Cross-posted from Thoughts of a Regular Guy.)

Roe in Illinois

Today is the anniversary of the worst Supreme Court decision in U.S. history, Roe v. Wade, and its companion decision, Doe v. Bolton. On January 22nd, 1973, the Supreme Court found, in essence, that an unborn baby had no rights that a born person was bound to respect, and was subject to being summarily killed at any point throughout all nine months of pregnancy, and sometimes even beyond, for any reason or no reason, and by the cruelest means imaginable.

Here in Illinois, there are virtually no restrictions on abortion at all. As former State Rep. Penny Pullen has remarked, even veterinary clinics are better regulated than abortion clinics.

Nationwide, over 53,000,000 innocents have been lost to abortion. Here in Illinois, almost 2,000,000 of our own are missing due to abortion, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health (H/T: Illinois Review):

On this 38th anniversary, with an awareness of what's at stake, let us each and all re-commit ourselves to opposing abortion in our speech, our actions, our activism, our votes, our communities, and our lives.